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Africa not on track to achieve zero hunger by 2030: Report
Addis Ababa, March 5, 2021 (FBC) - Africa is not on track to achieve zero hunger by 2030, Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Regional Representative for Africa, Abebe Haile-Gabriel,…
Russia calls on US to stop interfering in domestic affairs of other countries
Addis Ababa, March 5, 2021 (FBC) –Russia has urged the United States to stop interfering in other countries’ domestic affairs.
“We call on the @StateDept team to stop trying to interfere…
Facebook launches a book spotlighting female leaders from across Africa
Addis Ababa, March 4, 2021 (FBC) - As part of its celebration around International Women’s Month, Facebook yesterday announced the launch of ‘LeadHERs: Life Lessons From African Women’, a…
World Bank readies COVID-19 vaccine funds for around 30 African countries, including Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, March 3, 2021 (FBC) -The World Bank is preparing emergency financing to help about 30 African countries access COVID-19 vaccines, as the continent scrambles to secure doses and…
More African countries receive first COVID-19 vaccines
Addis Ababa, March 3, 2021 (FBC) -More African countries have received their first batches of the coronavirus vaccines under the global COVAX scheme.
Kenya received over a million doses…
Hundreds of kidnapped Nigeria girls freed
Addis Ababa, March 2, 2021 (FBC) -A group of nearly 300 girls who were kidnapped from a school in north-western Nigeria last week have been released, a local official says.
The girls were…
Germany urged to back AstraZeneca jab for over-65s
Addis Ababa, February 28, 2021 (FBC) -A senior German immunologist has urged his country to change its mind and start allowing over-65s to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
In a BBC…
Biden approves US airstrike on Iran-backed militias in Syria
Addis Ababa, February 26, 2021 (FBC) -The US military has carried out an airstrike targeting Iran-backed militias in Syria, the Pentagon said.
The attack destroyed "multiple facilities…
World’s first doses of Covax vaccine delivered
Addis Ababa, February 24, 2021 (FBC) -Ghana has become the first country to receive coronavirus vaccines through the Covax vaccine-sharing initiative.
The World Health Organization (WHO)…
UK PM Johnson says optimistic about fully reopening in June
Addis Ababa, February 23, 22021 (FBC) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday he was very optimistic that all COVID-19 restrictions in England would end on June 21.
He added…