ADDIS ABABA, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in Ethiopia's major media outlets on Sunday.
-- The three industrial parks in Ethiopia have generated 248 million US dollars from the export of various products in the last fiscal year, the Ethiopian Investment Commission reported.
The Horn African nation earned the revenue from the industrial parks of Hawassa, Bole Lemi and Eastern Zone. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA)
-- The World Bank on Thursday approved a 600 million US dollars International Development Association (IDA) grant to support the government of Ethiopia's vision of building a national safety net system to provide effective support in chronically food insecure rural areas, including providing cover during droughts. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC)
-- Preparations are underway for the local election scheduled to take place this Ethiopian fiscal year (2017/18), said Office of the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC) Enditem
