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10, March 2020
Russia: Putin backs amendment allowing him to stay in power beyond 2024 0
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday backed a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow him to seek re-election after his current term ends in 2024, ending uncertainty about his future. Putin gave his support to the amendment put forward by lawmaker Valentina Tereshkova, who as a Soviet cosmonaut in 1963 became the first woman to […]
10, March 2020
Champions League: PSG’s Mbappe sick, doubtful for Dortmund crunch match 0
Paris Saint-Germain are sweating on the fitness of star striker Kylian Mbappe who has picked up a throat infection ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League last-16 return-leg against Dortmund. The French World Cup star missed team training Monday and Tuesday and was reported to have a sore throat, with his club needing to overturn a 2-1 […]
10, March 2020
2nd person officially cured of HIV, reveals identity 0
The second person to be declared fully cured of HIV and AIDS has revealed his identity, The New York Times reports. Forty-year-old Adam “LP” Castillejo, so far known as the “London patient,” revealed himself in an interview published Monday, a year after being declared virus-free. “This is a unique position to be in, a unique and very […]
10, March 2020
Cameroon’s Pathetic and Chaotic Response to the Coronavirus 0
A day after the IMF/World Bank announced a $50 billion aid package to help poor countries contain the coronavirus outbreak; Cameroon confirmed its first two cases of the deadly virus; a 58-year-old French national and a Cameroonian who came in contact with him, after he arrived Yaoundé on Feb 24. The public health minister said […]
10, March 2020
Tokyo tourist sites ‘nearly empty’ as coronavirus bites 0
In Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market, restaurants normally thronged with tourists hoping to sample some of its renowned sushi stand empty, victim of the coronavirus that is battering Japan’s tourism sector. Cook Hiroshi Ota, 61, said nearly three-quarters of his customers in normal times are Chinese tourists, but they are kept away by new Japanese measures […]
10, March 2020
US: Biden and Sanders face off as six states, including key battleground Michigan, hold primary contests 0
US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, surging in the polls and with several weighty endorsements in his pocket, and rival Bernie Sanders hit the campaign trail in Michigan on Monday on the eve of a primary vote in the key battleground state. Biden, 77, was joined at an event in Flint, Michigan, by Cory Booker […]
9, March 2020
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Queen’s Commonwealth service chaos as Ambazonia protesters storm security moments before arrival 0
Southern Cameroons protesters could be seen charging police officers in Westminster in an attempt to break fences built to protect the Royal Family ahead of the Commonwealth Service procession. Queen Elizabeth II was moments away from arriving to celebrate the annual event at Westminster Abbey with the rest of the Royal Family. City of Westminster […]
9, March 2020
Amnesty International launches campaign to break the deafening silence surrounding the atrocities of a top Cameroon army officer 0
Amnesty International is launching a new campaign urging Cameroon’s authorities to investigate the enforced disappearance of more than 130 men and boys, who were rounded up from their villages more than five years ago and have not been heard from since. On 27 December 2014, Cameroonian security forces arbitrarily arrested over 200 men and boys […]
9, March 2020
Coronavirus-hit cruise ship prepare to dock in California 0
Thousands of people stranded on a cruise ship off California after an outbreak of the coronavirus were due disembark Monday in what officials said would be an “unprecedented and difficult” landing. No time has been given for the disembarkation Monday, but fences have been put up at Oakland port and buses and flights were lined […]
10, March 2020
African Development Bank Executive Directors concludes fact-finding mission to Cameroon 0
by soter • Africa, Business, Headline News
A five-member delegation of African Development Bank Executive Directors has concluded a week-long fact-finding mission to Cameroon during which they met with the country’s Prime Minister and other senior officials. During the mission which began on 2 March 2020 in the capital, Yaoundé, the Executive Directors also held consultations with stakeholders, including private sector operators […]