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18, February 2020
Did Chinese Doctors Confirm African People Are Genetically Resistant to Coronavirus? 0
In early 2020, an outbreak of new coronavirus in Wuhan, China, sparked fears that the virus could cause a pandemic. It also inspired a significant amount of misinformation. For example, on Feb. 17, 2020, the website Cityscrollz.com falsely reported that a Cameroonian college student studying in China contracted coronavirus but recovered “because of his blood genetic composition which is mainly […]
18, February 2020
Nigeria’s Cross River State prepared for Ambazonian refugees 0
The Director General of the Cross River State Emergency Management Agency, Princewill Anyim, has said the agency has what it takes to handle the latest influx of Cameroonian refugees. Anyim spoke in reaction to the recent influx of no fewer than 8,000 Cameroonian refugees into Cross River and Taraba states in the past two weeks, […]
18, February 2020
China says mainland death toll from coronavirus reaches almost 1,900 0
The toll from China’s coronavirus epidemic jumped to 1,868 on Tuesday after 98 more people died, according to the National Health Commission. Nearly 72,500 people nationwide have been infected by the new COVID-19 strain of the virus, which first emerged in December before spiralling into a nationwide epidemic. There were 1,886 new cases reported Tuesday […]
18, February 2020
‘It was an accident’: Cameroon army explains massacre in Southern Cameroons 0
Cameroon’s army on Monday explained the incident in which 22 civilians were killed in the Northwest region, described it as an “unfortunate accident” caused by an explosion of fuel during a firefight. Opposition parties had accused the army of orchestrating a massacre, but army spokesman Colonel Cyrille Atonfack Guemo described the allegations as “duplicitous”. The […]
17, February 2020
60,000 Southern Cameroonians run to Nigeria and here’s why 0
Nearly 60,000 Cameroonians have fled to eastern and southern Nigeria in recent times, according to the United Nations refugee agency. The UN agency adds that 8,000 Cameroonians have taken refuge in Nigeria in the last two weeks. The Cameroonians are besieging Nigeria as violence flares between security forces and separatist insurgents back home. The English […]
17, February 2020
Cameroon Government’s initial silence on the Donga Mantung Massacre: Is it really golden? 0
The news of the massacres in the Donga Mantung Division of the Northwest region has been spreading across the world like wildfire and many people are surprised that the government is not seeking to provide explanations for this ugly situation that is giving the country a very bad name. Close to 40 persons were killed […]
17, February 2020
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Human Rights Watch shares the blame 0
Human Rights Watch (HRW), the global human rights watchdog, has released a report on the ongoing carnage playing out in Cameroon’s two English-speaking regions. The report holds the country’s security forces responsible for some of the most atrocious human rights crimes taking place in the country’s two English-speaking regions. Cameroon’s security forces are supposed to […]
17, February 2020
US Secretary of State Pompeo vows ‘collective’ approach to Africa troop presence 0
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that the United States favoured a “collective” approach with its allies when deciding on troop numbers deployed in Africa against jihadist insurgents. “We’ll get it right, we’ll get it right collectively, I’m convinced of that,” Pompeo told reporters in Dakar. Pompeo said he had no specific announcement to […]
17, February 2020
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Children make up more than half of dead in Ngarbuh massacre 0
A massacre in an anglophone region of Cameroon left up to 22 villagers dead including 14 children, the UN said Sunday, with an opposition party blaming the killings on the army. Cameroon government army soldiers carried out the bloodshed on Friday in the village of Ntumbo in the Northwest region, James Nunan, a local official […]
18, February 2020
US Politics: Bernie Sanders leads Democratic presidential candidates by 12% 0
by soter • Headline News, Politics, World
US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has opened a 12-point lead to former former Vice President and front-runner for the Democratic presidential candidates, Joe Biden, according to a new poll. Sanders got 31 percent of the votes in the NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll released early Tuesday, pushing him up to the top spot, which had belonged to […]