Layouts
8, May 2020
China, US agree to move forward with trade deal despite Covid-19 blame game 0
Chinese and US trade representatives agreed Friday to “create favourable conditions” for the phase one trade deal signed in January, Beijing officials said, despite recent tensions over the coronavirus pandemic. China’s Vice Premier Liu He, who had led Beijing’s negotiations, held a call on Friday morning with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary […]
7, May 2020
Barrister Agbor Balla, UNIBU, Federalism and FECAFOOT: Going, going, gone 0
The contract of Barrister Nkongho Felix Agbor alias Agbor Balla, Instructor at the English Law Department of the University of Buea, UB, has been terminated on grounds that he breached university guidelines when he set an exam question on the socio-political situation in Cameroon’s North West and South West Regions. Decision No. 2020/0326/UB/DVC/TIC/AcA/AA to terminate […]
7, May 2020
Surviving single motherhood in Cameroon 0
The death of a husband often means hardship for many single mothers in Central Africa. Often, they show incredible resilience to rise above such difficult circumstances to break the cycle of stigma. Assanatou is just one mother. She felt desperate after her husband died from a long-term illness. Left alone to care for her teenage […]
7, May 2020
7 killed, 15 injured in Douala-Bafoussam highway road accident 0
A road accident in Cameroon’s eastern region killed 7 people and injured 15 others on Wednesday, according to local police. The accident occurred Wednesday along the Douala-Bafoussam highway in the country’s Littoral region, the police said. Witnesses said a truck collided head-on with a bus carrying 22 passengers. The 15 survivors have been sent to […]
7, May 2020
Cameroonian among refugees taking Germany to court over mobile phone data checks 0
Three refugees from Syria, Afghanistan and Cameroon are suing the German state for accessing personal data on their mobile phones, arguing it was an unnecessary invasion of privacy, their lawyer said on Tuesday. German authorities can examine the mobile phones of asylum seekers who do not have valid identity documents under a law passed in […]
7, May 2020
African Development Bank approves €40 million in grants for bridge linking Cameroon and Chad 0
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved grants worth €40.94 million for the construction of a bridge to connect Cameroon and Chad across the Logone river. The grants, comprising a €20.785 million tranche for Cameroon and €19.215 million for Chad, were approved on 30 April 2020. The facility is […]
7, May 2020
Biya minister upbeat about COVID-19 response after IMF loan 0
Cameroon is poised to upgrade its emergency response towards COVID-19 outbreak following the approval of an emergency loan by International Monetary Fund (IMF), Cameroon’s Minister of Finance, Louis Paul Motaze said on Wednesday. “It is (IMF loan) very good news for the country. You know that we are facing the crisis (COVID-19) and there is […]
7, May 2020
Cameroon doctor faces influx of COVID-19 patients 0
With the help of a nurse, Dominique Djomo puts on his personal protective equipment – a cap, coveralls, protective glasses, visor and gloves – and starts another day dealing with an influx of COVID-19 cases. The anesthesiologist’s work at Douala’s gynaecology, obstetrics and pediatric hospital has changed beyond recognition since the first case of the […]
7, May 2020
Ambazonia conflict and coronavirus: Fear runs deep 0
Everyone fears coronavirus, but for Augustine, a villager in Cameroon’s Southwest Region, the dread is especially deep. If he were to fall seriously ill from the new virus, he would need to make a five-hour trek by road and canoe from his home in Ekondo to a health centre able to care for him. The […]
8, May 2020
White man, son in US state of Georgia charged with murder of unarmed black jogger 0
by soter • Headline News, Society
A white former police officer and his son were arrested on Thursday in Georgia and charged with murder in the shooting death of an unarmed black man, an incident that touched off a furor in the community and among civil rights activists nationwide. Gregory McMichael, 64, and his son Travis, 34, were taken into custody […]