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Ethiopia projects an 11% economic growth this year according to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi addressing the House of Representatives yesterday.

It is expected that the agricultural sector will grow by 8.5%, the industrial sector by 17.9% and the service sector by 11.5% said the Prime Minister.

Ethiopia has earned 1.347 billion US dollars in revenue from the export of various products in the first two quarters of the fiscal year said Meles while presenting a six month performance report.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Ethiopia’s Embassy to Turkey conducted an investment forum at Kony, an industrial city of the country, with Turkish business tycoons.

A bill aiming at re-establishing the existing Document Registration and Authentication Office (DARO) was tabled to the Ethiopian House of Peoples Representatives on October 39, 2015, according to The Reporter.

UN reports Ethiopia as one of the top destinations of FDI in Africa next to Angola.

Fuel prices in Ethiopia have increased again, with white diesel rising to Birr 163.09 per liter and gasoline reaching Birr 142.41 per liter, according to information confirmed by Tikvah Ethiopia.