VOA | YAOUNDE, CAMEROON — Cameroon’s military has released about 30 youths it detained as suspected rebels after a protest by several hundred women, including mothers of those detained. The women from the Southwestern town of Ekona also accused Cameroon’s military of committing abuses in the region, which it denies. …
Read More »Aboubakar: Ronaldo tried to stop me leaving Saudi club
BBC | Cameroon captain Vincent Aboubakar has said Cristiano Ronaldo tried to talk him out of leaving Al Nassr, following the Portuguese star’s arrival at the Saudi club. The 31-year-old, who had six months left on his Al Nassr contract, was fully aware that a foreign player would have to …
Read More »Incurable Ebola-like virus spreads to Cameroon after killing several across border
Sydney Morning Herald | Yaounde/Geneva: New cases of a deadly hemorrhagic fever have been detected in Cameroon, after a deadly outbreak was declared in neighbouring Equatorial Guinea. Cameroonian authorities detected two suspected cases of Marburg disease in Olamze, a border commune, the public health delegate for the region, Robert Mathurin …
Read More »Foot : le Camerounais Ignatius Ganago endeuillé par la mort de sa fille de cinq ans
RFI | Ignatius Ganago a perdu sa fille, décédée à l’âge de cinq ans, a annoncé mardi le FC Nantes, qui se déplacera jeudi à Turin en barrage de Ligue Europa sans son attaquant international camerounais. « Le FC Nantes est en deuil », a écrit le club sur les …
Read More »Equatorial Guinea confirms country’s first Marburg virus disease outbreak -WHO
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, …
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