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Japan honours victims of 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster
Addis Ababa, March 11, 2021 (FBC) -Japan has paid tribute to the nearly 20,000 victims of a powerful earthquake and tsunami that struck the country 10 years ago, destroying entire towns and…
UN agency demands access to migrant fire victims
Addis Ababa, March 10, 2021 (FBC) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has demanded urgent humanitarian access in Yemen to migrants - mostly Ethiopians - wounded in a deadly…
Yemen fire kills dozens in African migrant centre
Addis Ababa, March 8, 2021 (FBC) -A fire at overcrowded migrant detention centre in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, may have killed as many as 30 people and injured 170 others, officials with…
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…