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Addis Ababa, January 8, 2021 (FBC) -Boeing has agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle US criminal charges that it hid information from safety officials about the design of its 737 Max planes.…

Addis Ababa, January 7, 2021 (FBC) - Congress has certified Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the next president and vice-president of the US. The electoral votes were approved after both…

Addis Ababa, January 5, 2020 (FBC) -Kuwait has said that Saudi Arabia is reopening its land and sea borders to Qatar in a breakthrough in a long-running dispute that has pitted Qatar against…

Addis Ababa, January 4, 2021 (FBC) -South Korea recorded more deaths than births in 2020 for the first time ever, raising fresh alarm in the country which already has the world's lowest…

Addis Ababa, January 2, 2021 (ECA) – For the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to deliver on its promises, the private and public sectors on the continent must work together, said…

Addis Ababa, January 1, 2021 (FBC) -The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Director John Nkengasong on Thursday said he envisages most African countries will…

Addis Ababa, December 31, 2020 (FBC) -The joint United Nations-African Union mission in the Darfur region of Sudan (UNAMID) will officially end operations today. According to the UN, the…

Addis Ababa, December 31, 2020 (FBC) -The United Kingdom’s Parliament has voted in favour of the post-Brexit trade deal thrashed out between the country and the European Union, paving the…

Addis Ababa, December 30, 2020 (FBC) - The United Kingdom has authorised use of a second COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the first country to approve of an easy-to-handle shot that its developers…

Addis Ababa, December 28, 2020 (FBC) - South Africa has become the first country on the African continent to register more than one million Covid-19 cases. It comes just days after…