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Will an old malaria drug help fight the coronavirus?
Hydroxychloroquine has been used for around 70 years to treat malaria, rheumatic conditions and other ailments. Now its potential use in the fight against coronavirus has become a source of hope for many, following encouraging results from a clinical trial in France on Monday. But experts caution that there is still uncertainty about its effectiveness. […]
Paul Biya: Bullshitter-in-Chief
When the 87 year dictator President Paul Biya appointed Paul Atanga Nji as Minister of Territorial Administration, it was evidently clear that the onetime respectable African leader has lost everything and his utter ignorance of Cameroonian affairs was on display. And indeed, since then, the shallowness of Biya’s knowledge on the crisis in Southern Cameroons […]
Coronavirus: UK puts army on standby, Queen Elizabeth leaves London for Windsor Castle
The United Kingdom put 20,000 military personnel on standby over the coronavirus crisis on Thursday as dozens of underground train stations closed across London and Queen Elizabeth left the city for Windsor Castle. As the coronavirus outbreak sweeps across the world, governments, companies and investors are grappling with the biggest public health crisis since the […]
EU, UK combined have over 70,000 coronavirus cases: Report
The European Commission claims it is working around the clock to assist EU citizens stranded abroad who have requested repatriation. The Commission has announced it is creating a stockpile of medical equipment to try and meet demand created by the coronavirus pandemic. Within the 27-nation EU there is a shortage of medical equipment and protective […]
Coronavirus Outbreak: Trump cancels G7 at Camp David to hold video-conference instead
President Donald Trump will cancel an in-person meeting of G7 leaders at Camp David in June because of the coronavirus and will hold a video-conference instead, the White House said on Thursday. The decision comes as nations around the world seal their borders and ban travel to stop the virus’ spread. Trump held a video-conference […]
Ambazoniagate: First Yaounde Appeal Court trial postponed
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. […]
Southern Cameroons Crisis: A war criminal Biya might be, but his regime’s propaganda campaign has basically worked
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 […]
Southern Cameroons deepening aid crisis: “They don’t want external eyes there to see what is happening”
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 […]
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says ‘Benjamin Netanyahu has to go home’
In a wide-ranging interview in Tel Aviv, former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert discussed the country’s ongoing formation of a government and openly criticised his successor and rival Benjamin Netanyahu who, he says, is “not capable of continuing”. He also addressed the issue of Iran, which regularly threatens Israel. Speaking in Jerusalem, former Israeli prime […]