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10, April 2020
Football: Barcelona deny corruption after six board members resign 0
Barcelona have denied what the club describes as “serious and unfounded accusations” of corruption after a former vice-president claimed someone “had put their hands in the till”. Emili Rousaud was one of six board members to resign on Thursday night as Barca continue to be embroiled in political crisis under their current president Josep Maria […]
10, April 2020
Facebook unveils information centres in Cameroon, Nigeria, 15 others 0
Social media platform, Facebook is expanding its Coronavirus Information Centre to 17 more countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria. The others include Benin Republic; Burkina Faso; Cameroun; Cape Verde; Chad; Cote d’ Ivoire; Ethiopia and Gabon.The rest are Guinea; Kenya; Mali; Mauritania; Senegal; Seychelles; the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Togo. The centres form […]
10, April 2020
UK: Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves ICU, receiving ‘close monitoring’ 0
Prime Minister Boris Johnson left intensive care on Thursday evening as he continues to recover from COVID-19, but he remains under close monitoring in hospital, his office said on Thursday. Johnson, 55, was admitted to St Thomas’ Hospital on Sunday evening with a persistent high temperature and cough, and was rushed to intensive care on Monday […]
10, April 2020
UN chief calls for solidarity among discordant Security Council over coronavirus crisis 0
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged the Security Council on Thursday to display unity as it met to discuss what he called the “fight of a generation” — the global coronavirus pandemic. “A signal of unity and resolve from the Council would count for a lot at this anxious time,” Guterres told the divided body […]
10, April 2020
Ravaged by war, Southern Cameroons Southern Zone turns attention to Covid-19 fight 0
Covid-19 has had a big impact on Cameroonians around the country, especially those living in the Centre Region, Littoral, West and Southwest regions. In February 2020, when we first heard of Covid-19 virus, many Cameroonians took the pandemic—and our preparedness to fight it—for granted. The government did not immediately plan or announce any measures to […]
10, April 2020
Cameroonians looking for missing president amid coronavirus crisis 0
Cameroon’s aged president is coming under fire for his absence from the national stage as the central African country faces a burgeoning coronavirus crisis. A month after the first case of COVID-19 was recorded, 87-year-old Paul Biya has yet to address the nation — a silence that for supporters is a sign of gravitas but […]
10, April 2020
Southern Cameroons fighters relaunch attacks to reject French Cameroun reconstruction Plan 0
Cameroonian separatist fighters have relaunched attacks after the government announced a reconstruction plan, claiming that peace was returning to the English-speaking Northwest and Southwest regions of the central African state. The military said attacks were reported in at least seven villages, with about 13 fighters killed, but the fighters say the military had more casualties. […]
9, April 2020
The Church, A Story God Himself Has Created 0
Holy Thursday Catechesis: Ste Anne’s Parish, Salem MA, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Theme: “(…) As Christ loved the Church” (Ephesians 5:25) (The Church, A Story God Himself Has Created – Joseph Ratzinger) Dear Holy People of God of Ste Anne’s Parish, 1. Today, we begin our solemn celebration of the Sacred Triduum, that is, […]
9, April 2020
US: More signs of absolute dysfunction coming from the White House 0
The resignations of US President Donald Trump’s chief spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham and Acting US Navy Secretary Thomas Modly show absolute dysfunction in the White House, according to Myles Hoenig, an American political analyst and activist. Hoenig, a former Green Party candidate for Congress, made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Thursday after […]
10, April 2020
UK: Prime Minister Johnson up and walking as virus death toll rises by record 980 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, News
Prime Minister Boris Johnson was back on his feet in his recovery from COVID-19 on Friday, while his fellow Britons were told to resist the temptation of going out in the spring sunshine over Easter as the coronavirus death toll rose to nearly 9,000. The prime minister’s rapid health decline shook the country earlier this […]