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9, April 2020
WHO fires back after Trump dig about their handling of coronavirus pandemic 0
The head of the World Health Organization gave a strident defence of his agency’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday, in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s criticism and suggestions that Washington could review its funding for the agency. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for unity and a halt to “politicization” of […]
9, April 2020
Cameroonians are worried about coronavirus but also about an absent president 0
Like elsewhere, Cameroonians at home and abroad are very worried over the novel coronavirus which has been rapidly spreading across the country. By the close of April 7, Cameroon had registered 685 cases of Covid-19, with nine deaths, overtaking other countries to become the second hardest hit in Sub-Saharan Africa after South Africa. Cameroon now […]
8, April 2020
French Cameroun: Bombing Kills 10, Triggers Renewed Boko Haram Fear 0
Cameroon is calling on people living in two villages bordering Nigeria to return from their hideouts after two teenagers detonated explosives and killed at least 10 civilians. The military says it has secured the area, but civilians maintain that the villages have been infiltrated by Boko Haram terrorists. Speaking via a messaging app from the […]
8, April 2020
Bernie Sanders quits 2020 US Democratic presidential campaign 0
Leading US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has ended his presidential campaign, paving the way for his rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, to win the Democratic presidential race. This is Sanders’ second failed attempt to grab the Democratic party’s nomination after he fell short of defeating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2016 primaries. “The path toward victory […]
8, April 2020
Trump threatens to withhold funds from WHO, says UN body is ‘China-centric’ 0
President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to cut US funding to the World Health Organization, accusing it of bias toward China during the coronavirus pandemic. Trump told reporters he was “going to put a very powerful hold on” funding to WHO, the UN body whose biggest funding source is the United States. “We’re going to […]
8, April 2020
Coronavirus: How President Biya is protecting himself 0
The last public appearance made by Cameroon’s president was on 11 March. On that date, he was paid a visit by Peter Henry Barlerin, the US ambassador to Cameroon, at his office in Etoudi Palace. Unlike the vast majority of other heads of state in the region, Paul Biya did not address his fellow citizens […]
8, April 2020
CPDM crime syndicate sweeps coronavirus elections in Southern Cameroons 0
Cameroon’s ruling party has swept all 13 seats in parliamentary by-elections held late last month in the conflict-wracked anglophone west of the country, the constitutional council announced Tuesday. Long-ruling President Paul Biya’s Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (CPDM) won all 13 seats at stake in 11 constituencies in the North-West and South-West regions of the central […]
8, April 2020
France’s coronavirus death toll passes 10,000 after steep rise at nursing homes 0
France officially registered more than 10,000 deaths from coronavirus infections on Tuesday, becoming the fourth country to go beyond that threshold after Italy, Spain and the United States. The total death toll from Covid-19 rose to 10,328 from 8,911 on Monday, Jérôme Salomon, head of the public health authority, told a press conference, warning that […]
8, April 2020
EU to continue missions in Africa, Balkans despite covid-19 0
The European Union says some of its training missions have seen personnel cuts in the Balkans and Africa. This is due to conditions imposed by hosting countries amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The bloc has no intention of halting those missions though, saying that security is the priority. Speaking on Monday after chairing talks between EU […]
9, April 2020
France to extend coronavirus lockdown again, will run beyond April 15 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, News
France will extend its nationwide lockdown put in place to contain the spread of the new coronavirus for a second time, meaning it will run beyond April 15, the French presidential palace said on Wednesday. The Élysée Palace said French President Emmanuel Macron would address the nation regarding the disease situation on Monday evening. Macron […]