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Cameroon's Military Raids Separatist Camps Ahead of Election Rerun

Moki Edwin Kindzeka

   YAOUNDE - Cameroon's military says it has killed 24 separatists who
   vowed to disrupt Sunday's election rerun in the country's
   English-speaking regions.'¯The anglophone rebels say the casualties
   were on the military's side, but witnesses say a number of those killed
   were civilians caught up in the fighting.

   Military commander Brigadier General Valere Nka says 350 troops
   destroyed 10 rebel camps this week, as well as seizing rebel vehicles
   and weapons and killing a number of their fighters, including a
   commander.

   "The so-called general was neutralized, and you had about 20 killed or
   neutralized, many who are wounded [are] on the run. We are satisfied.
   Let's continue so that peace comes back to the west, northwest and
   southwest regions," Nka said.

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