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12, April 2020
Overtime for French coffin industry as COVID-19 deaths surge 0
It’s a grim truth that times are good for the coffin business when they’re bad for people, and the coronavirus pandemic is no exception. At a factory belonging to Europe’s largest coffin maker, OGF, in eastern France, workers are doing overtime to meet demand from families parting with their loved ones. “Due to the epidemic, […]
11, April 2020
Coronavirus testing rate increasing in Cameroon 0
Hundreds of cases have been confirmed in Cameroon but health officials fear there may be many more that are still unreported. Now, it has launched nationwide testing. As healthcare workers in Cameroon race to contain the spread of COVID-19 infections, door-to-door testing is under way in several regions of the country. Cameroon has deployed 1,200 […]
11, April 2020
Ambazonia Humanitarian Crisis: French Cameroun Regime Told To Allow Aid Access Amid Pandemic 0
Cameroon’s government should ensure that its response to the COVID-19 pandemic respects rights and prioritizes support for those who need it most, including in violence-affected areas. The authorities should allow unhindered access to aid organizations in conflict zones to deliver life-saving assistance. Health officials have confirmed over 800 cases of COVID-19 and 10 deaths as […]
11, April 2020
Coronavirus pandemic hits aid work, funding across sub-Saharan Africa 0
Desperately needed aid for millions of people across sub-Saharan Africa is under threat as the deadly coronavirus pandemic sweeps a continent already facing a volley of crises. In some cases social distancing measures and border closures are preventing workers from distributing aid. In others, funding is under threat as agencies scramble to pool resources to […]
11, April 2020
Why Dr Fontem Neba is a symbol of the Ambazonia Resistance 0
The Wedge in our Struggle My people, there are a number of things the enemy has done to us through these fellows to systematically disrupt our struggle or restoration quest. 1. They killed trust in leadership by propping up dishonest guys in our midst. The act of smearing honest people and making them look untrustworthy […]
11, April 2020
US becomes first country to record over 2,000 coronavirus deaths in one day 0
The United States on Friday became the first country to record more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths in one day, with 2,108 fatalities in the past 24 hours, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally. The US has now recorded over 18,680 deaths and is closing in on the toll of 18,850 dead in Italy, which […]
11, April 2020
New York health workers hold vigil for colleagues who died in virus fight 0
Clutching flowers, candles and photos, New York hospital workers paid tribute to colleagues who have died from the coronavirus since the beginning of the epidemic that has ravaged the city with a modest ceremony in the freezing cold Friday. Standing in front of the Mount Sinai Hospital Group in Manhattan, with a heart drawn in […]
11, April 2020
COVID-19: African community targeted in China crackdown 0
Africans in southern China’s largest city say they have become targets of suspicion and subjected to forced evictions, arbitrary quarantines and mass coronavirus testing as the country steps up its fight against imported infections. China says it has largely curbed its COVID-19 outbreak but a recent cluster of cases linked to the Nigerian community in […]
10, April 2020
WHO warns of ‘deadly resurgence’ of coronavirus if restrictions hastily lifted 0
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a “deadly resurgence” of the new coronavirus if countries hurriedly lift the restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of the pathogen. “I know that some countries are already planning the transition out of stay-at-home restrictions. WHO wants to see restrictions lifted as much as anyone,” WHO chief […]
12, April 2020
Empty churches belie Trump’s Easter promise, highlight science’s role in keeping faithful safe 0
by soter • Headline News, Religion, World
US President Donald Trump last month predicted “packed churches” on Easter Sunday despite a raging coronavirus death toll. His prediction has proved horribly wrong and highlights the inconsistencies populist leaders who have exploited religion now face. Easter, Passover and the start of Ramadan all fall in April this year, a coincidence that, in normal times, would see […]