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Addis Ababa, February 19, 2020 (FBC) -Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to launch an operation in Syria's Idlib region by the end of the month if Damascus fails to…

Addis Ababa, February 18, 2020 (FBC) - Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani will remain in power for another five years. The country's election commission on Tuesday announced the final…

Addis Ababa, February 18, 2020 (FBC) - Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has pledged $10bn to help fight climate change. The world's richest man said the money would finance work by scientists,…

Addis Ababa, February 17, 2020 (FBC) –Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki met today with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in Riyadh. King Salman stressed the long-standing relations…

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…