Top news items in Ethiopia's major media outlets

ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in Ethiopia's major media outlets on Friday.

-- Learning process at universities that has been witnessed clashes recently has resumed as order has been restored at the institutions, the Government Communication Affairs Office of Ethiopia (GCAO) said. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA)

-- The government of Ethiopia and the World Bank Thursday signed two financing agreements amounting to 470 million U.S. dollars to improve quality of education, and productivity in livestock and fisheries. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA)

-- Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will visit Addis Ababa next week.

According to Ahram Online, the objective of his visit is to discuss on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam's (GERD) technical negotiations. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC)

-- Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) announced that it has signed a share purchase agreement of 434 million U.S. dollars with the Ethiopian government for approximately 30 percent of the total shares in National Tobacco Enterprise Share Company (NTE). (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC) Enditem