High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality — including nearly half the pills sampled in Senegal — raising fears of increased drug resistance that could wipe out the last weapon left to battle a disease that kills 1 million people each year, according to [...]
The ex-convict pretended to have offered his life to Christ during a public crusade.
The annual crusade of an evangelical church was marred at the Bepanda neighbourhood in Douala, last Wednesday, when an ex-convict snatched a basket of offerings, containing FCA 33,200, while believers adored Jehovah, with their eyes sealed. The criminal, not recognized in the [...]
The conjuror failed to pave the way of two candidates into the recent police recruitment.
The temple of a fortune teller, popularly known at the Ndogpassi neighbourhood in Douala as “Sky Master” was last Monday January burnt to ashes after the conjuror failed to pave the way for two brothers into the recent national police recruitment. [...]
Sur le continent africain, l’usage nocif d’alcool industriel, traditionnel ou frelaté cause 3,3% des décès. Et 2,9% des Africains vivent avec des complications liées à l’ingestion de boissons alcoolisées. Interview d’une spécialiste de l’abus de substances du bureau afrique de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS).
L’Afrique a la gueule de bois. Les jeunes, et un [...]
Disgruntled married women and university graduates constitute its clientele.
The marriage of 22-year-old Abiba, who has spent weary years searching for a dream husband, was certified last weekend at the New Bell neighbourhood in Douala. The youngster is married to 79-year-old Christian, a truck driver who lives and works in Bordeaux. Abiba [...]
Un homme a été pris pour un voleur alors qu’il s’enfuyait de chez sa maîtresse dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche dernier.
Cette affaire cocasse fait encore sourire plus d’un au quartier Bonabassem. Où un monsieur, appelons-le Martin B., (puisque son identité n’a pas été révélée), d’apparence respectable, s’est fait malmener, [...]
A Turkish man decided to divorce his wife after DNA tests showed he was the father of only one of their twin boys, the mass-circulation Sabah newspaper reported Friday.
Suspicious that his wife had been unfaithful the security guard from Istanbul identified only as A.K., had DNA tests performed on the three-year-olds.
The tests established with a [...]
Remains are at the mortuary of St. Elizabeth hospital Shisong as condolence book opens.
Catholic Christians and the North West one bereaved with the sudden death of 79-year-old Archbishop Emeritus, Paul Verdzekov in the afternoon of Tuesday, January 26, 2010 in his retirement home in the neighbourhood of Ntasin, Bamenda. Mourners are filing out at the [...]
There is a song by a Nigerian musician « I want to go to heaven when I die ». Yes people want to go to heaven, but don’t want to die.
To curb death, people rush to the hospital immediately they feel sick. At the hospital, the doctor prescribes a drug which rapidly relieves the patient [...]
Le délai accordé par la préfecture du Wouri à la CUD pour accélérer le processus d’application du décret du PM arrive bientôt à terme.
Se dirige-t-on désormais vers l’application du décret du Premier ministre portant réglementation du secteur des motos taxis ? Tout porte à le croire. En effet, c’est en principe à la fin de [...]