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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.

Cameroon army vessel capsizes, dozens missing: security sources

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http://www.nation.co.ke/news/africa/Cameroon-army-vessel-capsizes-at-sea-dozens-missing/1066-4018040-5a9cmvz/index.html

Men make off with Dhs3.6m

DUBAI: A gang of knife-wielding men lured currency exchange dealers into a trap, restrained them and decamped with Dhs3,600,000, the Criminal Court heard on Thursday. An unemployed Cameroonian man, 30, three compatriot visitors, 29, 32, and 38 and two Malian visitors, both 32, with the help of fugitives used knives and cleavers in the 40-minute robbery. They also decamped with two mobile phones of a money shop’s Indian manager and two mobile phones of a money shop’s Indian manager and two mobile phones of his Indian teller.  Read  more: http://gulftoday.ae/portal/c02a8cf1-bcf1-4573-8de6-7fd3eff82c95.aspx

English speaking Cameroonians are joining Syrian refugees on migrant boats

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Ngomba Lucas has given up on his education this year. The 18-year-old has not attended school since January, when teachers walked off the job to protest the central government’s treatment of Anglophone Cameroonians in the largely French-speaking West African country. He’s missed so many classes, he couldn’t pass national exams anyway. Read more: https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-04-27/english-speakers-cameroon-are-joining-syrian-refugees-migrant-boats

Sen. Elizabeth Warren rebukes 2016 Obama comment: 'The system is as rigged as we think'

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Former President Barack Obama is getting hit from within his own party. This time, it's Senator Elizabeth Warren. In her new book, The Fight is Our Fight , Warren wrote about the future of the Democratic Party post following their devastating 2016 election loss to Republican Donald Trump. The Boston senator also aired out her disagreements with the former commander-in-chief. Read more: https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/04/26/elizabeth-warren-rebukes-2016-obama-comment-system-rigged/22057236/

Barcelona star Lionel Messi reveals Real Madrid legend Zinedine Zidane is the only player he’s ever asked to swap shirts with

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LIONEL MESSI has revealed he’s only asked ONE player in his entire career to swap shirts at the end of a game. And the talismanic forward is sure to enrage Barcelona fans with the name. Many players still approach Messi at the end of games, battling to get their hands on his shirt. Yet Messi has only done the same to a single player – Real Madrid legend Zinedine Zidane . Their paths crossed on the pitch at the start of Messi’s career and the Argentine is not embarrassed to admit he begged to get his hands on his rival’s top. Read more: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/3427721/barcelona-lionel-messi-real-madrid-zinedine-zidane-shirt-swap/

Ghana: UK blacklists 3 serving lawmakers over visa fraud

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The United Kingdom has blacklisted three serving legislators of Ghana’s Parliament over visa fraud. A former Member of Parliament (MP) has also been implicated. According to a UK High Commission confidential letter sent to the speaker of Parliament but leaked to the media, the MPs had facilitated the entry of some relatives to the UK using their diplomatic passports. Read more: http://www.africanews.com/2017/04/26/ghana-uk-blacklists-3-serving-lawmakers-over-visa-fraud/

Nigeria’s President Buhari ‘Works From Home’ as Health Rumors Swirl

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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari skipped his weekly cabinet meeting for the second week in a row on Wednesday, with a government minister saying that the president was “working from home.” Buhari, a 74-year-old former military ruler, has suffered from ill health on several occasions since taking charge of Africa’s biggest population and one of its largest economies in May 2015. Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/muhammadu-buhari-health-nigeria-590632