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G20 agrees to additional 6-month debt suspension for poor nations
Addis Ababa, October 15, 2020 (FBC) - The Group of 20 nations have agreed to extend the suspension of debt payments by an additional six months to support the most vulnerable countries in…
World Bank Approves $12 Billion for COVID 19 Vaccines
Addis Ababa, October 14, 2020 (FBC) – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors yesterday approved and envelope of 12 Billion USD for developing countries to finance the purchase and…
US plans to sell more drones, missiles to Taiwan: Report
Addis Ababa, October 14, 2020 (FBC) - The White House is moving forward with more sales of sophisticated military equipment to Taiwan.
Officials told Congress on Tuesday that the Trump…
Trump back on campaign trail in Florida
Addis Ababa, October 13, 2020 (FBC) -President Donald Trump has returned to the campaign trail less than two weeks after testing positive for coronavirus.
He told thousands of supporters,…
China to test entire city for COVID-19 in five days
Addis Ababa, October 12, 2020 (FBC) -The Chinese city of Qingdao is testing its entire population of nine million people for COVID-19 over a period of five days.
The mass testing comes…
Armenia and Azerbaijan ceasefire comes into force
Addis Ababa, October 10, 2020 (FBC) -A temporary ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan has begun following nearly two weeks of fierce fighting in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.…
UN’s World Food Programme wins 2020 Nobel peace prize
Addis Ababa, October 9, 2020 (FBC) - The World Food Programme (WFP) has won the 2020 Nobel peace prize for its efforts to combat hunger and to improve conditions for peace in conflict areas.…
Team Europe donates 1.4m test kits to AU
Addis Ababa, October 8, 2020 (FBC) -The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), through the African Union (AU), today received the third and last batch of 1.4 million…
Mali releases detained former Prime Minister
Addis Ababa, October 8, 2020 (FBC) -The authorities in Mali have announced the release of a dozen political and military figures arrested during a coup in August.
They include the former…
Kyrgyzstan PM resigns
Addis Ababa, October 7, 2020 (FBC) -Kyrgyzstan's prime minister has resigned after widespread post-election protests.
Kubatbek Boronov has now been replaced by Sadyr Japarov, who…