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Addis Ababa, February 20, 2020 (FBC) - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and his rival Riek Machar have agreed to form a unity government. This latest development follows a meeting at…

Addis Ababa, February 20, 2020 (FBC) -Nine people were killed in two shootings at shisha bars in the western German city of Hanau. Several other people were also injured after a gunman…

Addis Ababa, February 19, 2020 (FBC) -Libya's UN-backed government has withdrawn from peace talks after the capital was hit by rocket fire. It said the port was one of the targets struck…

Addis Ababa, February 19, 2020 (FBC) -Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to launch an operation in Syria's Idlib region by the end of the month if Damascus fails to…

Addis Ababa, February 18, 2020 (FBC) - Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani will remain in power for another five years. The country's election commission on Tuesday announced the final…

Addis Ababa, February 18, 2020 (FBC) - Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has pledged $10bn to help fight climate change. The world's richest man said the money would finance work by scientists,…

Addis Ababa, February 17, 2020 (FBC) –Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki met today with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in Riyadh. King Salman stressed the long-standing relations…

Addis Ababa, February 17, 2020 (FBC) - The IGAD Special Envoy for South Sudan, Ambassador Ismail Wais welcomed the recent decision of the Government of the South Sudan to revert back to ten…

Addis Ababa, February 17, 2020 (FBC) -Israel says it has begun flying commercial aircraft through Sudanese airspace under an agreement with the Khartoum government. The Israeli Prime…

Addis Ababa, February 15, 2020 (FBC) -A Chinese tourist has died in France after contracting the new coronavirus - the first fatality from the disease outside Asia. The victim was an…