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Addis Ababa, April 11, 2021 (FBC) -India says it has become the "fastest country in the world" to administer more than 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccines, amid a deadly second wave of…

Djibouti’s veteran ruler Ismail Omar Guelleh was re-elected for a fifth term as president with more than 98 percent of the vote, according to provisional results announced early on Saturday,…

Addis Ababa, April 6, 2021 (FBC) - The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah of Saudi says only ‘immunised people’ will be granted permits to perform prayers and Umrah in the Grand Mosque in Mecca.…

Addis Ababa, April 5, 2021 (FBC) -India has today recorded its highest number yet of coronavirus infections in a single day, with 103,558 confirmed cases. Most are in the western state of…

Addis Ababa, April 3, 2021 (FBC) -Italy has entered a strict three-day lockdown to try to prevent a surge in Covid-19 cases over Easter. All regions are now in the "red zone" - the…

Addis Ababa, April 1, 2021 (FBC) -Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has reshuffled her cabinet more than a week after she was sworn in following the death of President John Magufuli.…

Addis Ababa, March 30, 2021 (FBC) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson has joined more than 20 world leaders in calling for a new global settlement to help the world prepare for future pandemics.…

Addis Ababa, March 29, 2021 (FBC) - A huge container ship that has been stuck across the Suez Canal for almost a week has been freed from the shoreline, officials say. The course of the…

Addis Ababa, March 28, 2021 (FBC) -President Vladimir Putin has said he expects Russia to reach herd immunity by the end of the summer. Speaking on television, the president said he was…

Addis Ababa, March 26, 2021 (FBC) - Delayed rains in the Horn of Africa have helped keeping the locust population down, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations said…