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15, January 2021
WHO holds emergency meeting over new coronavirus strains 0
Global health experts gathered on Thursday to tackle new coronavirus strains blamed for a fresh surge in infections as countries including Britain and France tightened restrictions to head off a further worsening of the pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) emergency committee session came as their colleagues were seeking the origins of the virus on […]
15, January 2021
CHAN 2021: Who are the favourites as competition gets underway? 0
The sixth edition of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) kicks off this weekend in Cameroon. 16 countries are competing, fielding only players who ply their trade in their respective nations’ local leagues. The first two from each group will qualify for the quarterfinals. The final will be held on February 16 at the Ahmadou Ahidjo […]
15, January 2021
Yaounde set for CHAN tournament, first match on Saturday 16 0
It is 2021 January and all eyes are focussed on the upcoming African Nations Championship (CHAN) tournament beginning this Saturday the 16th January in Cameroon. The competition was initially set to be held in April 2020, was shifted to 16 January-7 February by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) as a result of the coronavirus […]
14, January 2021
Berlusconi hospitalised with heart problem 0
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been urgently admitted to hospital in Monaco because of heart problems, his personal doctor told Reuters on Thursday. Alberto Zangrillo said he saw Berlusconi on Monday and decided to transfer him to a nearby hospital because he did not think it prudent to bring him to Italy, which […]
14, January 2021
Pope Francis, ex-pope Benedict get virus vaccines 0
Both Pope Francis and his predecessor, former pope Benedict XVI, have received the coronavirus vaccine, the Vatican said on Thursday. The Argentine pontiff, 84, has previously spoken of the importance of the jab in the fight against Covid-19, which has severely curtailed his own love of being among his flock. Under the Vatican’s vaccination programme […]
14, January 2021
US: New York to end contracts with Trump Organization over Capitol siege, mayor says 0
New York City will sever three contracts with the Trump Organization, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday, accusing President Donald Trump of inciting the crowds that stormed the US Capitol last week. “The president incited a rebellion against the United States government that killed five people and threatened to derail the constitutional transfer of […]
14, January 2021
Corrupt France: Ex-president Sarkozy in spotlight over former wife’s job as parliamentary assistant 0
French newspaper Le Canard Enchainé reported on Wednesday that the former wife of ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy was paid as a parliamentary assistant in 2002, casting doubt on whether she had worked to justify her salary. The allegations, which echo those made in 2017 against the wife of former prime minister François Fillon, were denied by […]
14, January 2021
Unity Palace: Minister Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh says Anglophones are traitors 0
After four years of silence on the government’s part over the Southern Cameroons Crisis, some major cracks are gradually appearing on the government’s wall with the Secretary General at the Presidency, Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, turning on English-speaking ministers, accusing them of being hypocrites and liars. For four good years, Anglophone ministers have toed the party […]
13, January 2021
Southern Cameroons Crisis: BIR officers get ambushed in Muyuka 0
The slaughtering in Southern Cameroons has continued as both camps struggle to prove that they are in control of the region. After Tuesday’s slaughtering of women and children in Mautu in the country Southwest region, the fighting continued on Wednesday in Muyuka where a BIR officer was killed in an ambush that has left many […]
15, January 2021
Indonesia recovers data from flight recorder of downed passenger jet 0
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Indonesian investigators have successfully recovered data from a crashed passenger jet’s flight recorder, days after the plane with 62 people aboard slammed into the sea, they said Friday. “(It’s) all in good condition and we’re now examining the data,” National Transportation Safety Committee head Soerjanto Tjahjono said in a statement. The recorder, which holds information […]