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French Cameroun: Violating COVID-19 Restrictions Can Get You Arrested
Police in Cameroon have begun arresting people who defy measures put in place to stop the spread of the coronavirus, which has so far has infected 139 people in the central African state. Police are sealing shops that exceed maximum numbers for customers, impounding vehicles that carry too many passengers, and this week arrested more […]
Yaounde reports 51 new coronavirus infections
Cameroon has registered 51 new infections of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total to 193, Cameroonian Minister of Public Health Manaouda Malachie said in a tweet Tuesday morning. According to the minister, these 51 new cases were diagnosed out of a total of 94 travelers quarantined in hotels in Yaounde, the Cameroonian capital. Twenty-four of […]
Coronavirus: Discipline Courage will take us through the Pandemic
The world is facing a colossal crisis. Its biggest crisis in living memory and the future is bleak. The health and economic consequences are seismic. More than 41,494 people have died so far and these numbers are growing daily and alarmingly according to figures released by Johns Hopkins University. The experts say the peak of […]
Former Olympique de Marseille president Pape Diouf dies of coronavirus aged 68
He is the latest victim of the coronavirus outbreak. The former president of Olympique de Marseille (OM) Pape Diouf died after being hit by Covid-19. His death has been confirmed by RTS, Senegal’s public television channel. He was 68 years old. Hospitalized in Dakar, where he was under respiratory assistance, Pape Diouf was to be […]
Could high HIV rates worsen the coronavirus crisis in South Africa?
The South African government is ramping up testing and preventative measures to tackle the spread of COVID-19, but high rates of HIV infection could potentially put millions at risk. With 1,326 confirmed cases of coronavirus and three deaths, South Africa appears to be the worst affected country on the continent. In response, the government has […]
US virus death toll exceeds official China tally
The number of deaths in the United States from coronavirus has surpassed those reported by China, where the pandemic began in December, according to a toll published on Tuesday by Johns Hopkins University. There have been 3,415 deaths in the US from the virus, the Baltimore-based university said, more than the 3,309 reported officially in […]
Corona updates: World fighting off lethal virus; Italy, US worst hotspots
Italy, the world’s worst hotspot for the new coronavirus after the United States, has reported a decline in the number of its new cases. Italy’s Civil Protection Agency said on Monday that 4,050 new cases had been registered in the last 24 hours — the lowest increase since March 17 — bringing the total number […]
Millions enter lockdown in Nigeria, Zimbabwe, as Africa steps up virus fight
More than 20 million Nigerians on Monday went into lockdown in sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest city Lagos and the capital Abuja, as the continent struggles to curb the spread of coronavirus. President Muhammadu Buhari ordered a two-week “cessation of all movements” in key cities to ward off an explosion of cases in Africa’s most populous country. […]
Biya regime seeking XAF197 billion loan from Afreximbank
Sonara, Cameroon’s only oil refinery, could soon receive a €300 million loan (about XAF197 billion) to import oil products. This was revealed by Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, Minister of State and Secretary-General of the Presidency of the Republic, in a note signed on March 25. In the note, the Minister of State informed the government about […]