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Addis Ababa, May 22, 2020 (FBC) –Ten of South Sudan’s cabinet ministers tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the Minister of Information Michael Makuei who spoke to the BBC.…

Addis Ababa, May 22, 2020 (FBC) – Prime Minister Li Keqiang, while opening the country's annual parliament meeting, said China will not set an economic growth goal for this year as it deals…

Addis Ababa, May 21, 2020 (FBC) -The number of people infected worldwide has now reached five million, according to data collated by Johns Hopkins University. The number of deaths caused…

Addis Ababa, May 20, 2020 (FBC) - Up to 60m people will be pushed into "extreme poverty" by the coronavirus warns the president of the World Bank. David Malpass said the bank expects…

Addis Ababa, May 19, 2020 (FBC) - South Sudan’s Vice President Riek Machar and his wife Angelina Teny, who serves as defence minister, have tested positive for COVID-19, his office said on…

Addis Ababa, May 18, 2020 (FBC) - More than 4.7 million people across the world have now been infected with the coronavirus outbreak, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The…

Addis Ababa, May 16, 2020 (FBC) -Italy's government has signed a decree that will allow travel to and from the country from 3 June, as it moves to ease its coronavirus lockdown measures.…

Addis Ababa, May 15, 2020 (FBC) - MK Pnina Tamano-Shata is set to become the first Ethiopian-born Israeli cabinet minister after she was appointed to head the Ministry of Aliyah and…

Addis Ababa, May 15, 2020 (FBC) - Scientists at the World Health Organization (WHO) says nearly a quarter of a billion people in Africa could catch coronavirus in a year. Their study,…

Addis Ababa, May 14, 2020 (FBC) -The coronavirus "may never go away," the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Speaking at a briefing on Wednesday, WHO emergencies director Dr Mike…