Tag: Cameroon
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Cameroon adopts controversial dual therapy of anti-malaria, antibiotic drugs to treat coronavirus patients
London, May 4, 2020 (AltAfrica)- Cameroon has adopted a dual therapy, a controversial mixture of anti-malaria and antibiotic drugs for the treatment of coronavirus patients in the war torn West African country READ ALSO: REPUBLIC OF CONGO BECOMES SECOND AFRICAN COUNTRY TO ORDER ‘COVID-19 HERBAL DRUG’ FROM MADAGASCAR The French speaking African country adopted the ... -
Africa Cup of Nations 2021 may move back to January/February over climate condition-CAF
London, Dec. 24, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Ahmad Ahmad has hinted that the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations could be reverted to the old calendar due to unfavourable June and July climatic conditions in Cameroon who are set to host the tournament. In an interview with Inside World Football. published on Monday, Ahmad, Malagasy boss said ... -
Cameroonian gendarmerie arrest 20 suspected kidnappers in Adamawa
London, Oct. 12, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Cameroonian gendarmerie have captured 20 suspected kidnappers in Adamawa and North regions of the country since August, a security officer said on Friday. The suspects are specialist in kidnapping for ransom and armed robbery in the regions, said Brigadier General Divine Eko Ngwese of the Cameroonian Gendarmerie. READ ALSO: ELIUD KIPCHOGE ... -
Cameroon launches first animated film, Minga and the Broken Spoon on Yabadoo
London, Oct. 12, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Minga and the Broken Soon is the story of an orphan girl who broke a spoon. Her name is Minga and her adventure is narrated in an animated film; Cameroon’s first ever, and now available on Yabadoo, MTN Cameroon’s video-on-demand platform. Inspired by the Cameroonian tale “The Broken Spoon”, published in ... -
133 Nigerian refugees from Cameroon reunite with families
London, Sep 13, 2019 (AltAfrica)-133 Nigerian Refugees in Cameroon have returned home and reunited with their families in Adamawa state, according to Adamawa state government According to the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN), the refugees, mostly women, and children had fled Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States to Cameroon when Boko-Haram insurgents attacked their towns ... -
Slow, painful but steady road to recovery: The story of Wala Matari, a terrorism survivor in Cameroon
London, Sep 1, 2019-(AltAfrica)-Wala Matari. “If I ever come face-to-face with a Boko Haram fighter and if I have strength and a knife in my hand, I will cut his throat and spill his blood! Because, it makes me sick whenever I remember the suffering I went through.” RELATED: LEAH SHARIBU ALIVE, FG TALKING WITH ... -
Pressure mount on Ghana after another woeful draw with Cameroon
London, June 29, 2019 (AltAfrica)- Black Stars’ AFCON campaign in trouble after another a barren draw with the defending champions Cameroon in a hotly contested West African clash of the titans in a Total Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Egypt 2019 Group F clash in Ismailia on Saturday. The means Cameroon move onto four points ... -
Cameroon writes CAF as star striker, Joel Tagueu diagnosed with heart problem
London, June 25, 2019 (AltAfrica)– Reports say Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) have written to continental football’s governing body Caf to call up a replacement for star striker, Joel Tagueu who was ruled out of the Africa Cup of Nations because of a heart defect. A scan undertaken during the Indomitable Lions’ recent training camp in ... -
Ghana, Cameroon kick start AFCON 2019 campaign
Adesina Idris London, June 25, 2019 (AltAfrica)– The Black Stars of Ghana and the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon, two of African football power house will begin their campaign in the ongoing African Cup of Nations today, Tuesday 25th of June 2019 in Egypt, the host country While Cameroon, the defending champion will attempt to banish ... -
Women’s World Cup: Super Falcons, Cameroon qualify for round of 16
London, June 21, 2019 (AltAfrica)-.The Super Falcons of Nigeria on Thursday advanced to the knockout stages of the Women’s World Cup for the first time in 20 years. Cameroon also qualified as one of the third best-placed teams, thus making it the first time two African women teams will reach the knockout stages of the ...
Inside the training camp of Akashinga, Zimbabwe’s armed, all-women anti-poaching rangers
Inside the training camp of Akashinga, Zimbabwe’s armed, all-women anti-poaching rangers
Spending on Artificial Intelligence Systems in Africa, Middle East to top $374 million in 2020
Celebrating Congolese doctor Jean-Jacques Muyembe, the man behind breakthrough of Ebola cure