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The proposed construction of the new Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is expected to begin this year, ahead of schedule.

The construction of Dilla Industrial Park, constructed with over 400 million and resting on 20 hectares, located in Ethiopia's Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region, is now complete, the region's Industrial Parks Development Corporation (IPDC) office disclosed. The other industrial park set to be opened in the region, Yirgachefe Industrial Park, is also nearing completion, it was disclosed.

The Nekemte-Bure road project is expected to be commenced next year, Walta Information Center reported.

The 258 km road project's Environmental and Social Impact Assessment and Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) is completed, according to the Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA).

Construction of the road linking Ethiopia and Kenya, Turmi - Namrapuz, has been concluded and it is now open for traffic, Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) disclosed.

The project to construct ten sugar factories launched in different parts of Ethiopia estimated to be worth 80 billion birr is progressing well according to the Ethiopian Sugar Corporation.

Various parts of the project including the construction of dams and roads, irrigation and infrastructure development is well under way in the parts of the country where the projects are being launched said Yilma Tibebu, Director of Legal and Public Relations with the Corporation according to Yilma Tibebu.  

The projects are being developed in the Afar, Amhara, Tigray and Southern Regional States as part of plans to enable the country to become one of the top ten sugar exporters in the world.