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6, April 2020
Cameroon and the virus: Biya regime asks mobile phone operators to lower service prices 0
Cameroonian telecoms industry regulator ART has called on mobile operators to lower prices because of the Covid-19 crisis, Business in Cameroon reported. ART said it has initiated negotiations with operators so that they can lower the prices of various services offered. Source: Telecompaper
6, April 2020
French Cameroun: Boko Haram bombers kill seven in Far North Region 0
Seven people were killed when two suicide bombers, suspected to be members of Nigeria’s Boko Haram militant group, attacked a village in northern Cameroon on Sunday, police and a local official said. “Two Boko Haram bombers blew themselves up at around 8p.m.” in the attack on Amchide, on the border with Nigeria, a policeman said […]
6, April 2020
A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City tests positive for coronavirus 0
A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the U.S. or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo said Sunday. The 4-year-old Malayan tiger named Nadia – and six other tigers and lions that have […]
6, April 2020
Football: Bayern Munich to resume training despite coronavirus pandemic 0
Bayern Munich have confirmed that players will return to training on Monday for the 1st time since the Bundesliga was suspended due to the coronavirus. The Bavarians said in a statement that the training session will be held in coordination with government policy and the relevant authorities. It added that players will train in small […]
6, April 2020
Coronavirus in Africa: 51 countries, 9,393 cases, 445 deaths, 906 recoveries 0
There are now more than over 9,300 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the pandemic. According to the latest data by the John Hopkins University and Africa Center for Disease Control on COVID-19 in Africa, the […]
6, April 2020
Cameroonian men whiten skin to look Like their Congolese musician idols 0
Skin whitening is no longer a strictly female affair. With so many cosmetic products, men are getting into it too, reducing their melanin levels in order, they say, to “look better”. However, some fear that skin whitening might not only lead to medical problems, but also a loss of identity. “I always wanted to have […]
6, April 2020
Biya regime turns stadium into isolation centre as coronavirus cases hit 650 0
Cameroon has turned a football stadium in the country into an accommodation centre for coronavirus patients as authorities grapple with lack of space to lodge and treat the growing number of people testing positive for the virus. Minister of Public Health, Dr Manaouda Malachie, said on Saturday that the Yaounde military stadium will now serve […]
6, April 2020
OPEC Fund supports Cameroon’s cotton sector 0
The OPEC Fund is contributing €30 million to support the Republic of Cameroon’s production and trade of cotton fiber. The financing facility, which is led by the International Islamic Trade Financing Corporation (ITFC), will enable Cameroon to finance the purchase of agricultural inputs which will be processed into cotton fiber and sold into the export […]
6, April 2020
Coronavirus Pandemic: Why the resistance against hydroxychloroquine? 0
The world is used to thinking that American systems are the best in the world, but a small virus has simply exposed the so-called superpower. While other countries have gone about the spread of the Coronavirus in a quiet and philosophical manner, in America, it has become a soap opera, with politics standing in the […]
6, April 2020
Biya under fire for criminal silence as pandemic looms 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
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 […]