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Top news items in Ethiopia's major media outlets

Xinhua,March 20, 2018 Adjust font size:

ADDIS ABABA, March 20 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in Ethiopia's major media outlets on Tuesday.

-- The Council of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) will begin its meeting Tuesday, March 20.

During its meeting, the Council will discuss reports of Executive Committee of the Front, and it is also expected to fill the leadership gap after weighing up the reports. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC)

-- Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Bond Week was officially launched here on Monday.

The program launched at Arada Sub-City in the capital city will continue until March 26, and more than 200 temporary sale centers are readied at national level and 93 in Addis Ababa for this Bond Week. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA)

-- The Federal Small and Medium Manufacturing Industries Development Agency and the Development Bank of Ethiopia are collaborating to solve key and identified problems small and medium manufacturing industries are facing.

The problems are lack of access to credit, sheds and machinery as well as market linkage. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA)

-- The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) health ministerial meeting on refugees and other cross-border programs kicked off in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Monday. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC) Enditem