Category: International

By Darlington Porkpa, Radio France Internationale Thousands of people were fleeing Liberian capital Monrovia as a state of emergency was about to go into effect on Saturday. With 37 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and five deaths reported, President George Weah declared a total countrywide lockdown in order to limit the spread of the Coronavirus. “As a further measure under this state of emergency, all Liberians and residents within the borders of Montserrado County, Margibi County, Nimba County, and…

CAF opens door for AFCON’s return to summer

April 13, 2020

Ghanasoccernet.com Confederation of African Football (CAF) general secretary Abdel-Moneim Bah has revealed that the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will return to the summer again after the next tournament is held early next year. The last Nations Cup was held in Egypt last year with the participation of 24 teams in the summer for the first time. Cameroon was supposed to host the next version in the same period in 2021. But CAF retracted and announced the return of…

Oman’s frontline community activist turns COVID-19 warrior; WhatsApp helpline initiated on cancer and COVID-19

April 13, 2020

By Dr Ahmed Mohiuddin Siddiqui A nation is known by its heroes and superheroes especially during a crisis situation. The Sultanate of Oman is seeing many such superheroes during this Coronavirus (COVID-19) andemic and the foremost among them is Oman’s frontline community activist, environmentalist and board member of Oman Cancer Association (OCA), Dr. Manal Abdul Majeed Al Zadjali. COVID-19, as Coronavirus is being called, has challenged mankind like never before. Leading the fight like an able army general in…

1,000 Boko Haram fighters killed in Chad army raid

April 12, 2020

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Voice of America Chadian army officials report military forces have killed about 1,000 Boko Haram extremists in an operation on the islands of Lake Chad. In a video statement released late on Thursday, army spokesman Colonel Azem Bermandoa said the eight-day operation cleared the extremists from the islands in a vast area between Chad, Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon. He said 52 Chadian army soldiers were also killed and nearly 200 others wounded during the operation. The move follows a…

COVID-19 travel restrictions force Ethiopian mothers to give birth at home

April 12, 2020

Voice of America Coronavirus (COVID-19) travel restrictions in Ethiopia are forcing pregnant women to give birth at home, health workers say. Health workers keep receiving panicked phone calls from women going into labor, which has become an everyday occurrence ever since Ethiopia implemented strict travel bans last month to stop the spread of the Coronavirus. Kenasa Kumera, who manages the Marie Stopes International maternity center in Adama, roughly 100 kilometers from the capital, Addis Ababa, says he has received…

WHO warns COVID-19 accelerating in Africa

April 12, 2020

By Lisa Schlein, Voice of America The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that Coronavirus (COVID-19) is spreading at an alarming rate in rural areas of Africa and says urgent help is needed to strengthen the continent’s fragile health system. WHO has confirmed more than 8,300 cases of COVID-19 in Africa, including nearly 400 deaths. That figure pales compared to the number of cases elsewhere. Latest global figures put the number of Coronavirus cases at more than 1.6 million, with…

Former Cameroon star Sampson Che denies claims Schafer shaped Eto’o

April 11, 2020

By Angu Lesley, kick442 Former Cameroon international Sampson Che has expressed his disapproval of the comments made by German coach, Winfried Schafer about the career of Cameroon football legend Samuel Etoo Fils. The 70-year-old German managed the Indomitable between 2001-2004, winning the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) crown in style in 2002 and guided Cameroon to the final of the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup. Schafer arrived in Cameroon in November 2001 as replacement for Pierre LeChantre, who had claimed…

Yaya Toure picks Eto’o ahead of Drogba in his all time best 5

April 11, 2020

By Muambo Edward, kick442.com Speaking to fans on FIFA’s social media account, former Côte d’Ivoire international midfielder Yaya Toure named his best five teammates of all times and his compatriot Didier Drogba is not among them. Toure, who spent three years at the Camp Nou, from 2007 to 2010 after joining Barcelona from AS Monaco, when asked by one of the fans to name the best five players he has shared a team with, the Ivorian named five of…

FIFA president Infantino ready to help clubs in financial difficulties

April 11, 2020