Douala: Young female entrepreneur dies from ectopic pregnancy, one month after opening beauty shop

By Charity Nginyu

A young woman named Samira passed away on April 10, 2024, one month after she inaugurated her new beauty saloon in Douala, Littoral region of Cameroon.

In March, the event was filled with joy and celebration, as several of her friends joined her in commemorating the opening of her salon, Sam Beauty.

Though controversy had surrounded her sudden demise with friends suspecting that she was poisoned, those who have knowledge of the demise said she had two week delay of her monthly period and when she died, a scan at the hospital showed that she had an ectopic pregnancy.

“She didn’t die as a result of poisoning, but she did die as a result of an ectopic pregnancy. Please stop talking nonsense sometimes,” someone said, debunking reports of poison.

“The pregnancy was discovered during the ultrasound, she was 2 weeks late. So that couldn’t be the cause,” another person said.