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Addis Ababa, February 17, 2020 (FBC) - The IGAD Special Envoy for South Sudan, Ambassador Ismail Wais welcomed the recent decision of the Government of the South Sudan to revert back to ten…

Addis Ababa, February 17, 2020 (FBC) -Israel says it has begun flying commercial aircraft through Sudanese airspace under an agreement with the Khartoum government. The Israeli Prime…

Addis Ababa, February 15, 2020 (FBC) -A Chinese tourist has died in France after contracting the new coronavirus - the first fatality from the disease outside Asia. The victim was an…

Addis Ababa, February 14, 2020 (FBC) - The UN has warned of the danger of famine in East Africa if huge swarms of locusts are not brought under control. The insects have so far affected…

Addis Ababa, February 13, 2020 (FBC) -Some 242 deaths from the new coronavirus were recorded in the Chinese province of Hubei on Wednesday - the deadliest day of the outbreak. There was…

Addis Ababa, February 12, 2020 (FBC) -China reported on Wednesday its lowest number of new coronavirus cases in two weeks, bolstering a forecast by Beijing’s senior medical adviser for the…

Addis Ababa, February 12, 2020 (FBC) -The UN Security Council is set to vote on Wednesday on a resolution that would endorse a 55-point plan for ending the war in Libya and condemn the…

Addis Ababa, February 11, 2020 (FBC) -Sudan's rulers are to hand over ex-President Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The former president faces charges of…

Addis Ababa, February 11, 2020 (FBC) -China has "removed" several senior officials over their handling of the coronavirus outbreak - as the death toll passed 1,000. The party secretary…

Addis Ababa, February 10, 2020 (FBC) -The leader of Germany's main governing party, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, is standing down and will not put herself forward to replace Angela Merkel as…