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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.

Cameroonian journalist wins International Press Freedom Award

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The Committee to Protect Journalists will honour journalists from Cameroon, Mexico, Thailand, and Yemen with its 2017 International Press Freedom Awards. The journalists have faced government harassment, death threats, or imprisonment in their pursuit of the truth. CPJ is also honouring PBS journalist Judy Woodruff with its inaugural Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award. continue

Clinton Njie: Tottenham's Cameroon forward heading to Marseille

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Tottenham forward Clinton Njie is to join French side Marseille on a permanent deal after the two clubs agreed a deal.

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/