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Addis Ababa, June 18, 2020 (FBC) - China will cancel interest-free loans to African countries that are due to mature by the end of 2020, President Xi Jinping has announced. He told a…

Addis Ababa, June 17, 2020 (FBC) - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday chaired the Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity against COVID-19 in Beijing. The summit, held via…

Addis Ababa, June 17, 2020 (FBC) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has welcomeed the initial clinical trial results from the United Kingdom (UK) that show dexamethasone, a…

Addis Ababa, June 16, 2020 (FBC) -North Korea has blown up its joint liaison office with the South near the border town of Kaesong, South Korean officials say. The move comes just hours…

Addis Ababa, June 16, 2020 (FBC) - Global cases of the coronavirus have reached over eight million, as infections surge in Latin America and the United States and China grapples with fresh…

Addis Ababa, June 15, 2020 (FBC) - Chinese health authority said Monday that it received reports of 49 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Sunday, of which 39 were…

Addis Ababa, June 15, 2020 (FBC) - French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a number of coronavirus restrictions are being lifted. Cafes and restaurants are reopening across France…

Addis Ababa, June 14, 2020 (FBC) -Chile, Argentina, Peru and Colombia have reported a record number of Covid-19 infections in the past 24 hours, increasing concerns about the spread of the…

Addis Ababa, June 13, 2020 (FBC) - A district of Beijing was on a “wartime” footing and the capital banned tourism on Saturday after a cluster of novel coronavirus infections centred on a…

Addis Ababa, June 12, 2020 (FBC) -The number of virus-related deaths in Brazil now stands at 40,919, after another 1,239 over the past 24 hours. More than 30,000 new confirmed cases were…