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Prominent senator gunned down in Cameroon
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A prominent opposition lawmaker and barrister in Cameroon, Senator Henry Kemende, from the opposition Social Democratic Front (SDF) has been gunned in Bamenda city in the north-west.
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(Photo: Senator Henry Kemende)
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