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28, April 2020
Of Ngarbuh and Bafut Massacres and the arrest of Captain Jacques Tchenem Valkossa 0
Out of shame and embarrassment, the operations manager of the French Cameroun war machinery in Southern Cameroons, Joseph Beti Assomo has said in a press release that the Francophone army captain Jacques Tchenem Valkossa who carried out the massacre at Ngarbuh has been disarmed and forced back to Yaoundé where he will be tried at […]
28, April 2020
Russia overtakes China with recorded Covid-19 cases at 87,000 0
Russia overtook China in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases on Monday, when its tally climbed above 87,000, as pressure rose on the government to consider easing lockdown restrictions for businesses to help shore up the rattled economy. Russia, the world’s largest country by territory, has been on lockdown since President Vladimir Putin announced the […]
28, April 2020
Coronavirus Frightens Malaria Patients in Cameroon 0
A song urging Cameroonians not to relent in the fight against malaria blasted through speakers Saturday — World Malaria Day — at road junctions and popular neighborhoods, as well as from publicity vans driving through Cameroon’s capital, Yaounde. Dr. Daniel Etoundi of Cameroon’s public health ministry said health teams were being taken to every neighborhood […]
28, April 2020
COVID-19 cases in Africa hit 30,000 0
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo says the number of COVID-19 cases in the WHO African Region has increased to over 30,000. The UN’s health agency gave the update on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Sunday. “Over 30,000 COVID-19 cases reported on the African continent with over 9,000 […]
27, April 2020
Nutritional advice during the Coronavirus Pandemic 0
Nutritional advice during the Coronavirus Pandemic Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the first case in Cameroon of which was reported by the Ministry of Health on March 6 2020. To date, more than 800 cases have been reported in Cameroon despite the measures that were put […]
27, April 2020
US Politics: Pelosi endorses Biden as ‘voice of reason and resilience’ for president 0
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday endorsed Joe Biden for president, joining a list of top Democrats, who have thrown their support behind the former vice president. “Today I am proud to endorse Joe Biden for president of the United States because he will be an extraordinary president,” said Pelosi in the […]
27, April 2020
Global COVID-19 caseload grows slowly, contagion curve flattens in Europe 0
As the global caseload of the COVID-19 disease increased more slowly, governments around the world are increasingly taking steps to revive their shuttered economies after weeks of pandemic lockdowns. More than 206,544 people have lost their lives due to the respiratory disease caused by the new virus — well over half of them in Europe […]
27, April 2020
Yaounde alive with conspiracy theories on Paul Biya’s health 0
The meeting President Paul Biya granted to the French ambassador to Cameroon last Thursday continues to captivate the attention of oppositionists from the Yaoundé regime, who dispute that it ever took place. Fuelled by rumours and conspiracy theories, the country is caught up in a political thriller-like storyline as a health crisis looms in the […]
27, April 2020
3 officials kidnapped in Southern Cameroons 0
Three government officials were abducted Friday night in Boyo division of Northwest, one of the two troubled Anglophone regions of Cameroon, local authorities said Saturday. A Court registrar of Boyo High Court, an official of election management body Elections Cameroon (Elecam), and a municipal councillor of ruling Cameroon’s People Democratic Movement (CPDM), were kidnapped by […]
28, April 2020
New York doctor who treated COVID-19 patients kills herself 0
by soter • Headline News, News, World
A New York emergency doctor who treated coronavirus patients has killed herself, with family, police and physicians linking her death to trauma faced by health care workers battling the outbreak. Lorna Breen, 49, died on Sunday from self-inflicted injuries in Charlottesville, Virginia, where she had been staying with her family, police said in a statement. […]