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Addis Ababa, September 17, 2020 (FBC) -More than 200 prisoners have escaped from a jail in north-east Uganda, officials say, bringing the local town to a standstill while security forces try…

Addis Ababa, September 16, 2020 (FBC) –The number of confirmed cases in India has surpassed five million, according to officials. India has the second highest number of cases in the world…

Addis Ababa, September 15, 2020 (FBC) -The spread of coronavirus has pushed global development back more than two decades, an annual report by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has…

Addis Ababa, September 14, 2020 (FBC) -The number of daily infections worldwide reached a new record on Sunday, with 307,930 new confirmed infections, according to the World Health…

Addis Ababa, September 13, 2020 (FBC) - Liberian President George Weah has declared rape a national emergency and ordered new measures to tackle the problem after a recent spike of cases in…

Addis Ababa, September 12, 2020 (FBC) -Israel and the Gulf state of Bahrain have reached a landmark deal to fully normalise their relations, US President Donald Trump has announced. "The…

Addis Ababa, September 11, 2020 (FBC) – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the African Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have launched a new laboratory that will reinforce genome…

Addis Ababa, September 10, 2020 (FBC) -The global death toll from COVID 19 has passed 900,000, as worldwide cases reached 27.7 million, according to a Reuters tally. The United States…

Addis Ababa, September 9, 2020 (FBC) -The US will withdraw more than a third of its troops from Iraq within weeks, its top Middle East commander has said. Gen Kenneth McKenzie told…

Addis Ababa, September 8, 2020 (FBC) - China and India accused each other of firing shots on their flashpoint Himalayan border, in a further escalation of military tension between the…