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ADDIS ABABA, March 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in Ethiopia's major media outlets on Wednesday.
-- Ethiopia's year-on-year inflation rose to 7.0 percent in February from 6.1 percent in January, the Central Statistics Agency said on Tuesday.
Food inflation increased to 7.8 percent from 5.0 percent in the previous month. There was decline in food prices of cereals except rice during the month under review, it said. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC)
-- The Executive Committee of the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) concluded its two-day regular meeting Tuesday.
In its meeting, the Committee evaluated the progress of the deep-reform program and first six months performance of this fiscal year, which is the second year of the second Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP-II) period. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC)
-- Good for Life, an Australian company is to introduce solar pumping technology in Ethiopia.
The technology is believed to make Ethiopian farmers beneficiaries by increasing their agricultural productivity. (Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation/EBC)
-- An agreement has been signed for the transfer from analog to digital television broadcast technology in Ethiopia.
The agreement was signed Tuesday between the Information Network Security Agency (INSA), Public Procurement and Property Disposal Service and the U.S. GatesAir, a global leader in wireless, over-the-air content delivery solutions for radio and TV broadcasters. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC) Enditem
