JOHANNESBURG, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first outbreak of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious and deadly disease similar to Ebola, following the deaths of at least nine people, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. The small Central African country quarantined more than 200 …
Read More »Cameroon president’s 90th birthday marked by cocktail of woes
President Biya, in power since 1982, is on his seventh term as Cameroon’s leader. Many say it is time for a change. Edith Kah Walla was at the front of a crowd of students that welcomed Cameroon’s new President Paul Biya on a tour of the United States in 1984, …
Read More »In Cameroon, The Assassination Of A Journalist Turns Into A State Scandal
Globe Echo | A journalist murdered in sordid conditions, senior state figures and a media mogul in police custody, the suspected keeper of the seals: all the ingredients for a state scandal are present in Cameroon. If it is necessary to give him a starting point, the affair which today …
Read More »Five killed in gun attack on Cameroon farm workers
YAOUNDE | Today | At least five banana plantation workers were killed and several wounded on Friday in Cameroon’s Southwest region that is riven by separatist violence, a union leader said. The unidentified assailants shot at a truck carrying employees of Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC) – the country’s largest state-owned …
Read More »Cameroon Restricts Movement Along Equatorial Guinea Border After ‘Unexplained Deaths’ From Hemorrhagic Fever
YAOUNDE (Reuters) -Cameroon has restricted movement along its border with Equatorial Guinea following “several unexplained deaths” from hemorrhagic fever, the health ministry said on Friday. The restrictions were imposed in “view of the high risk of importation of this disease and in order to detect and respond to any cases …
Read More »Ride-hailing app Yango says it is not suspended in Cameroon
YAOUNDE, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Ride-hailing app Yango, owned by Russian tech giant Yandex, said on Thursday that it has not been suspended in Cameroon and that only activities of services providers using its platform were affected by a government decision. The central African nation’s transport ministry said on Wednesday …
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