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20, March 2020
US: California governor orders entire state to stay home, says 56% of them could get coronavirus 0
California’s governor on Thursday issued an unprecedented statewide “stay at home order” directing the state’s 40 million residents to hunker down in their homes for the foreseeable future in the face of the fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic. Governor Gavin Newsom’s directive, effective immediately, marks the largest and most sweeping government clampdown yet in the worsening public […]
19, March 2020
Ambazoniagate: First Yaounde Appeal Court trial postponed 0
Yaounde Appeal Court judges have postponed today’s opening of the trial of the Southern Cameroons leader, President Sisiku Ayuk Tabe and his senior aides due to the coronavirus. The trial is set to be first in the Yaounde Appeal Court ever since the popular Ambazonia chief executive and his cabinet were given a life sentence. […]
19, March 2020
Southern Cameroons Crisis: A war criminal Biya might be, but his regime’s propaganda campaign has basically worked 0
For French Cameroun barons of the ruling CPDM party, it helps if the Biya regime propaganda is not only delivered by the government spokesman and Minister of Communication but independent analysts, media practitioners, academics, and politicians. From the very beginning of the Southern Cameroons war, the Biya Francophone regime, assisted by French diplomatic and business […]
19, March 2020
Southern Cameroons deepening aid crisis: “They don’t want external eyes there to see what is happening” 0
Humanitarian organisations are struggling to keep pace with the increasing needs of civilians as conflict between the government and pro-independence groups escalates in Cameroon’s anglophone regions. Limited access to those driven from their homes, low levels of donor funding, and what aid workers have described as government “obstruction” means the majority of the 1.3 million people affected […]
19, March 2020
Coronavirus: where do we stand in the race for a vaccine? 0
As the world races to find a vaccine or a cure for the coronavirus, antimalarial drugs, HIV medications, flu vaccines and arthritis treatments are all being tested. FRANCE 24 takes a look at the latest medical efforts to combat the pandemic. Teams of scientists across the world are working around the clock to either develop […]
19, March 2020
Youth warned against ‘fever dream’ of coronavirus invicibility 0
Before shutdowns swept the globe and many were urged — or mandated — to stay indoors to stymie coronavirus’s spread, Divya Sonti sensed the worst was yet to come. A specialist in public health communications, the 31-year-old encouraged her millennial peers to steer clear of bars and parties — but says “friends would think I […]
18, March 2020
Burkina Faso’s first COVID-19 death claims top lawmaker 0
Burkina Faso has joined the list of African countries to have recorded corona-virus related death. Authorities announced the first COVID-19 death on Wednesday. The country’s confirmed cases as at today Wednesday (March 18) are 26 with over 230 contacts being monitored. Other African countries that have reported fatalities include Egypt, Morocco, Algeria and Sudan. The […]
18, March 2020
Jazz legend Manu Dibango recovering from coronavirus 0
86 year old mega star Manu Dibango the author of “Soul Makossa” has tested positive for the Coronavirus. However, according to his manager, the artist is recovering and is not in any danger. In France, where the Cameroonian superstar lives, the Coronavirus epidemic has already caused the death of 175 people. French public health officials […]
18, March 2020
Race for the White House: Biden strengthens lead over Sanders on virus-hit primary night 0
Joe Biden swept to victory in Florida, Illinois and Arizona on Tuesday, increasingly pulling away with a Democratic presidential primary upended by the coronavirus and building pressure on Bernie Sanders to abandon his campaign. The former vice president’s third big night in as many weeks came amid tremendous uncertainty as the Democratic contest collides with […]
20, March 2020
Coronavirus death toll in Italy overtakes China’s after rising to 3,405 0
by soter • Headline News, Health, Life
Italy’s death toll from coronavirus overtook that of China, where the virus first emerged, on Thursday as hospitals said they were being overwhelmed and the government prepared to prolong emergency lockdown measures. A total 427 deaths were registered in Italy over the past 24 hours, bringing the total nationwide tally to 3,405 since the outbreak […]