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Addis Ababa, July 14, 2021 (FBC) - The African Union (AU) Commission has condemned the violence in South Africa that has left 72 people dead. Protests against the jailing of former…

Addis Ababa, July 7, 2021 (FBC) - Haitian President Jovenel Moise was shot dead by unidentified attackers in his private residence overnight in a "barbaric act", the government said on…

Addis Ababa, July 5, 2021 (FBC) - At least eight people were also abducted from the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Centre in Zaria early on Sunday morning. Two nurses and a…

Addis Ababa, July 2, 2021 (FBC) - A state memorial service for Zambia's first president, Kenneth Kaunda, has been held with a 21 gun salute and a fly past by the air force. Kaunda died…

Addis Ababa, June 29, 2021 (FBC) - South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has been sentenced to 15 months in jail by the country's highest court. He has been given five days to hand…

Addis Ababa, June 24, 2021 (FBC) – The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Council of Ministers is holding its 72nd extraordinary meeting today. The discussion will focus on…

Addis Ababa, June 18, 2021 (FBC) - The UN General Assembly unanimously elected Antonio Guterres to a second term as secretary-general on Friday, giving him another five years at the helm of…

Addis Ababa, June 17, 2021 (FBC) - Japan plans to lift Tokyo's virus emergency on June 20, a month before the Olympics, the government announced Thursday as reports said only 10,000…

Addis Ababa, June 16, 2021 (FBC) - President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed at their first summit on Wednesday to return ambassadors to each other's capitals after…

Addis Ababa, June 14, 2021 (FBC) -Dozens of African migrants are feared dead after a boat carrying them reportedly capsized off Yemen's coast. Fishermen in Yemen's Lahj province told AFP…