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Thousands flee from English-speaking parts of Cameroon
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Thousands of people from English-speaking parts of Cameroon have fled to neighbouring Nigeria according to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR). They are fleeing violence triggered by a series of anti-government protests.
Liberia's Presidential election runoff in limbo after the Supreme Court orders the electoral commission to suspend its preparations.
Plus arrests and an internet shutdown after a rare protest in Eritrea's capital.
(Photo: Anglophone Cameroonians flee to Nigeria. Credit: UNHCR)
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