Freed Activists In Cameroon Re-join Their Families
Dozens of freed English-speaking activists re-join their families after months in jail
Dozens of English-speaking activists in Cameroon were freed by presidential order in a move aimed at restoring calm in minority regions.
Plus pressure mounts on Kenya’s electoral commission to set a date for fresh elections, and still in Kenya, at least seven students are reported to have died in a dormitory fire overnight at a girls' school in the capital Nairobi.
(Image: Supporters of Anglophone activists wait as they are released from prison in Yaounde,Cameroon. Credit: Reuters)
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