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Airlines ground Boeing 777s after Denver engine failure
Addis Ababa, February 22, 2021 (FBC) -The US plane manufacturer Boeing has recommended grounding dozens of its 777 aircraft around the world after one of the jets suffered an engine failure.…
IGAD urges Somali political leaders to seek consensus on outstanding issues
Addis Ababa, February 20, 2021 (FBC) -The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) strongly condemned the violence in Mogadishu in the last twenty-four hours.
In a statement…
Macron proposes sending up to 5% of COVID vaccines to poorer nations
Addis Ababa, February 19, 2021 (FBC) -French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Europe and the US to urgently send up to 5% of their coronavirus vaccine supplies to developing nations.…
White House says Biden supports study of slavery reparations
Addis Ababa, February 18, 2021 (FBC) - US President Joe Biden supports a study on whether descendants of enslaved people in the United States should receive reparations, White House …
South Africa vaccine rollout begins with president’s jab
Addis Ababa, February 17, 2021 (FBC) - South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has received a coronavirus vaccine as the country begins the rollout of Johnson & Johnson jabs.
He was…
Dozens dead after ‘overloaded’ boat sinks in Congo River
Addis Ababa, February 16, 2021 (FBC) -Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo say more than 60 people have drowned after a barge capsized and sank on the Congo River.
Three-hundred…
Zimbabwe receives 200,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine
Addis Ababa, February 15, 2021 (FBC) - Zimbabwe received the first shipment of a coronavirus vaccine on Monday, the country’s health minister said.
The shipment, containing a donation of…
Senate falls short of majority to convict Trump
Addis Ababa, February 14, 2021 (FBC) - The US Senate has fallen short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict former President Donald Trump on a charge of incitement to insurrection…
India says reached deal with China on border troop disengagement
Addis Ababa, February 11, 2021 (FBC) - India and China have agreed to disengage troops from a bitterly contested lake area in the western Himalayas, the Indian defence minister said.…
US Senate votes to continue with Trump impeachment
Addis Ababa, February 10, 2021 (FBC) -The US Senate has found that the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is constitutional, allowing full proceedings to begin.
Trump's…