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90 students kidnapped by gunmen in Cameroon have been freed

It was the first mass kidnapping to hit Cameroon and one of the gravest incidents in 13 months of pro-independence violence.

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Nov 7th 2018, 9:24 PM

79 pupils kidnapped from Cameroon boarding school

The kidnappings took place in a region troubled by an Anglophone separatist movement.

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Nov 5th 2018, 11:03 PM