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      <text>Anicet Ekane, a 74-year-old opposition politician, leader of the MANIDEM party, dies in custody after being arrested a month ago during a crackdown in Cameroon. </text>
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      <text>Anicet Ekane, a 74-year-old opposition politician, leader of the African Movement for New Independence and Democracy africain pour la nouvelle indépendance et la démocratie party, dies in custody after being arrested a month ago during a crackdown in Cameroon. </text>
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    <text>Anicet Ekane, a 74-year-old opposition politician and leader of the MANIDEM party, dies in custody after being arrested a month ago during a crackdown in Cameroon. </text>
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    <text>The Supreme Court of Cameroon announces the reelection of incumbent president Paul Biya. </text>
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    <text>Cameroonian opposition presidential candidate Issa Tchiroma says that police have detained more than 30 politicians and activists linked to his campaign or who endorsed his candidacy against incumbent Paul Biya during last week's election. </text>
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      <text>Eight people are killed when Boko Haram gunmen attack the towns of Mora and Zigage, Far North Region, Cameroon. </text>
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      <text>Four people are killed when armed men attack a checkpoint in Mora, Far North Region, Cameroon. </text>
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      <text>Four people are killed after armed men attack a checkpoint in Mora, Far North Region, Cameroon. </text>
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    <text>Eight people are killed when Boko Haram gunmen attack the towns of Mora and Zigage, Far North, Cameroon. </text>
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      <text>Police in Cameroon find the mutilated body of prominent journalist Martinez Zogo who had been kidnapped by unknown assailants five days ago, amid increasing violence against reporters in the country. </text>
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      <text>Police in Cameroon find the mutilated body of a prominent journalist who had been kidnapped by unknown assailants five days ago, amid increasing violence against reporters in the country. </text>
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    <text>Police in Cameroon find the mutilated body of prominent journalist Martinez Zogo, who had been kidnapped by unknown assailants five days ago, amid increasing violence against reporters in the country. </text>
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      <text>24 people are massacred and more than 60 injured in an attack by Anglophone rebels in Cameroon. </text>
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    <text>Twenty-four people are killed and more than 60 injured in an attack by Anglophone rebels in Cameroon. </text>
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      <text>Cameroon holds its first regional elections amidst criticism to the power held by President Paul Biya and a growing separatist insurgency in the English-speaking areas of the country. The election will elect representatives to local councils and is supported by the government, whereas separatists have vowed to disrupt the election, arresting anyone participating. Gunfire is also heard in some areas. </text>
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    <text>Cameroon holds its first regional elections amidst criticism of President Paul Biya and a growing separatist insurgency in the English-speaking areas of the country. The election will elect representatives to local councils and is supported by the government, whereas separatists have vowed to disrupt the election, arresting anyone participating in it. Gunfire is also reported in some areas. </text>
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    <text>A kidnapping occurs at a school in Bamenda, the capital of the North-West region of Cameroon, with at least seventy-eight students and three staff taken, including the principal. The Anglophone Crisis is a conflict between separatists and the government of Cameroon. </text>
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    <text>Voters in Cameroon head to the polls. Incumbent President Paul Biya seeks a seventh term to his 36-year rule. </text>
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    <text>Seven French tourists are kidnapped by gunmen near Waza National Park in northern Cameroon, near the border with Nigeria. President of France François Hollande states that the Islamist group Boko Haram may be responsible. </text>
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  <text>Cameroon's parliament approves a constitutional amendment reinstating the position of vice president, who will assume the presidency if the office becomes vacant and will be appointed by the president for the remainder of the term. </text>
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