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Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA) disclosed it will in the near future make official Ethiopia’s new Air Transport Policy.

New Awash Bridge, the main Ethio-Djibouti connecting hub has started operation, according to The Daily Monitor.

Kegna Share Company is going to build a beer factory in Ginchi City, Oromia State, at an outlay of 7 billion Birr. In the aim of this, a cornerstone was laid on May 22, 2017 at the factory site.

Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research and Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa launch a new breeding program for five Ethiopian grain crops.

The initiative - ‘Seed System Enhancement through Development of Improved Varieties of Maize, Tef, Sorghum, Soybean and Faba bean in Ethiopia’ - will run for three years is said to  make a significant contribution to enhance household food security and incomes.

Ethiopia launched construction of a new bus depot – dubbed Shegole Bus Depot – in its capital city, Addis Ababa. The construction is estimated to cost half a billion Birr.