ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in Ethiopia's major media outlets on Wednesday.
-- The week-long annual conference of ambassadors, consul-generals, and director-generals of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is well underway.
Ethiopia's State Ministers Markos Tekle and Hirut Zemene jointly lead the panel discussion to shed light on significant progresses, and challenges of the Ministry in our diplomatic missions. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC)
-- The third phase of the urban food security pilot program will be launched next month, said the federal urban, job creation and food security agency.
Ethiopia launched implementing a 10-year urban food security program in 11 cities and towns across the country two years ago. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC)
-- About 18 government and private banks have been robbed in west Wollega, Kelem Wollega and Horo Guduru Wollega zones in Oromia regional state, said the regional state's communication affairs bureau. (FBC)
-- Gidabo irrigation Project, constructed with an outlay over 1billion birr will be inaugurated next week, according to Ministry of Water, Irrigation and energy.
The dam located between Oromia and Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Regional States have a capacity to reserve 62.5 million metric cubic and expected to develop 13,425 hectare of land. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA)
