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Incurable Ebola-like virus spreads to Cameroon after killing several across border

February 15, 2023 English, General, Top 8

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 …

Equatorial Guinea confirms country’s first Marburg virus disease outbreak -WHO

February 14, 2023 Africa, English, Top Comments Off on 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 …

Cameroon president’s 90th birthday marked by cocktail of woes

February 13, 2023 English, Politique, Top Comments Off on 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, …

In Cameroon, The Assassination Of A Journalist Turns Into A State Scandal

February 11, 2023 English, Politique, Top 6

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 …

Five killed in gun attack on Cameroon farm workers

February 11, 2023 English, General, Top 3

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 …

Cameroon Restricts Movement Along Equatorial Guinea Border After ‘Unexplained Deaths’ From Hemorrhagic Fever

February 10, 2023 English, General, Top 1

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 …