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Dozens of pupils kidnapped in Cameroon

More than 80 people - students and teachers - are seized from a school in the city of Bamenda.

More than 80 people, mostly students, have been kidnapped from a boarding school in the west of Cameroon. The BBC launches its largest bureau outside of the UK, in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. Also, a sculpture of Liverpool and Egypt football star Mohamed Salah unveiled in his home country is raising eyebrows on social media.

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Mon 5 Nov 201819:06GMT
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