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Addis Ababa, December 8, 2020 (FBC) - US President-elect Joe Biden has chosen retired General Lloyd Austin as his defence secretary, US media report. If confirmed by the Senate, Gen…

Addis Ababa, December 7, 2020 (FBC) -Polling stations have opened in Ghana as voters elect a new president and 275 members of parliament. President Nana Akufo Addo is seeking re-election…

Addis Ababa, December 5, 2020 (FBC) -Russia is starting its COVID-19 vaccination programme, with clinics in the capital Moscow inoculating those most at risk from the virus. Its own…

Addis Ababa, December 4, 2020 (FBC) - US President-elect Joe Biden has said he will ask Americans to wear masks for his first 100 days in office to curtail the spread of coronavirus. He…

Addis Ababa, December 2, 2020 (FBC) -The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for widespread use. British regulator, the MHRA,…

Addis Ababa, December 1, 2020 (FBC) - A new analysis, seen by the BBC, suggests the goals of the UN Paris climate agreement are getting "within reach." The Climate Action Tracker group…

Addis Ababa, November 29, 2020 (FBC) -A car bombing in the Afghanistan’s central province of Ghazni killed at least 30 Afghan security force members on Sunday, officials said, and casualties…

Addis Ababa, November 26, 2020 (FBC) -Sudan's former Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi has died from coronavirus three weeks after being hospitalised in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according…

Addis Ababa, November 25, 2020 (FBC) - The former President of Niger, Mamadou Tandja, has died at the age of 82. He governed from 1999 to 2010 when he was overthrown in a coup after…

Addis Ababa, November 24, 2020 (FBC) -Donald Trump has accepted a formal US transition should begin for President-elect Joe Biden to take office. The president said the federal agency…