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Cameroon Exodus Amid Secessionist Crackdown

Residents in western Cameroon are fleeing their villages because of a military operation

The Cameroon government has said it will retaliate against an armed group that wants independence for the country’s two English-speaking regions.

Plus the DR Congo government disputes that more than a million have been displaced in the conflict-torn country.

And French-speaking Africa pays tribute to French rock star Johnny Hallyday.

(Photo: Cameroonian soldiers on patrol in the northwest English-speaking region. Credit: Getty Images)

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Wed 6 Dec 201717:06GMT
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