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October 2, 2017

Cameroon: Police Kill 8 Pro-Independence Protesters in Anglophone Region
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In Cameroon, soldiers shot and killed at least eight people and wounded
scores more Sunday in the latest crackdown on a separatist movement in
English-speaking parts of the Central African nation. The violence came
on the 56th anniversary of the unification of areas formerly colonized
by Britain and France. Ahead of the anniversary, the government banned
public gatherings, limited travel and disrupted internet service,
cutting access to services like Whats App, Facebook and Twitter-after it
ended a similar blackout last April that lasted 93 days. About a fifth
of Cameroon's 22 million people are English speakers, with many claiming
discrimination at the hands of the French-speaking majority.


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