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Pelé, Brazil’s mighty king of ‘beautiful game,’ has died

SAO PAULO (AP) — Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82. The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. The …

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Delays, extortions, and voter exclusion: Cameroon’s national biometric ID card conundrum

Biometric Update | Ashu M. just clocked 20 years this November, the legal age for voting in the central African nation of Cameroon. The enthusiastic young man is looking forward to enlisting his name on the biometric voter roll in preparation for the next general elections coming up in 2025. …

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André Onana dans Le onze type des déceptions de la Coupe du Monde

Découvrez le onze type des déceptions de cette Coupe du Monde 2022 d’après Le Onze Mondial. Gardien: André Onana (Cameroun) Un match et puis c’est tout. En conflit avec son sélectionneur, il aura claqué la porte de la sélection pour quitter les siens en pleine compétition. Un Mondial complètement raté …

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The plight of child hawkers in Bamenda

Child-protection officials in Cameroon say poverty is driving many children to start begging and hawking on the streets. As a result, the English-speaking region of Bamenda is grappling with a spike in child hawkers. In Cameroon’s Northwest city of Bamenda, hawkers sell items in traffic and along busy streets. One …

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