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Friday, February fourteenth, the   UN says at least 22 people have been killed in a village in the Northwest region of Cameroon. Over half of those killed were children. No one has claimed responsibility for Friday’s incident but the opposition parties blame the killing on the government.

John Njamah marries a Cameroonian

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  Nollywood actress Empress Njamah’s brother John married his Cameroonian sweetheart in far-away Bamenda, Cameroon over the weekend.

Appiah, Essien to play in the 10th anniversary of Samuel Eto'o's charity game in Turkey

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Antalyaspor defender Samuel Inkoom, former Chelsea star Michael Essien and Former Ghana skipper Stephen Appiah will all play a part in Samuel Eto’s charity game to come off in Antalya on the 16th of this month. The game which is held to mark the 10 th anniversary of the Samuel Eto foundation will see the best footballers in the globe come together for the game .

US military veteran expresses his indignation about recent police shootings by killing 5 white officers

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The ambush began with gunshots that killed five officers and sent screaming crowds scrambling for cover. It ended when a Dallas police bomb squad robot killed a gunman after negotiations failed.

President Paul Biya pardons French lawyer, Lydienne Yen-Ayoum, serving 25-year jail sentence

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Cameroonian President Paul Biya on Monday pardoned a French lawyer serving a 25-year sentence for stealing 1.5 million euros (R24,6m) from public funds. Biya said in a statement read on state radio that Lydienne Yen-Ayoum, a Cameroonian who acquired French nationality after marrying a Frenchman, would no longer have to serve the remainder of her sentence.

MRI test puts 14 Cameroonian footballers exposed for age fraud

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Fourteen Cameroonian footballers suspected of having reduced their age to participate in the Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) were suspended by the country’s federation (Fecafoot). “Fourteen players have just been exposed by an Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test after they were pre-selected to participate in the junior AFCON to be held in Madagascar in 2017,” the Cameroonian state radio CRTV announced on Tuesday.

Cameroon, France's EDF clinch 700 billion CFA francs deal to build 420 MW hydropower plant

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Cameroon’s government and Electricite de France SA concluded a deal to build a 420 MW hydroelectricity plant that will increase the West Africa nation’s power capacity by more than a third.

Cameroonian and Chinese holders of diplomatic or service passports no longer require visas to enter either country

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The accord was sealed yesterday July 7, 2016 in Yaounde between the Minister of External Relations and the Chinese Ambassador to Cameroon. Cameroonian and Chinese holders of diplomatic or service passports will no longer require visas to enter either country.