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Cameroon’s new National Assembly complex stands as testament to win-win Sino-Cameroonian friendship

YAOUNDE, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) — In Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon, a newly constructed parliament building gleams dazzlingly in the sunshine. On Saturday, China officially handed over the keys to the building to Cameroon’s National Assembly Speaker Cavaye Yeguie Djibril at a ceremony attended by government officials, and diplomats, among …

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Prominent Human Rights Lawyer Beaten in Cameroon

Human Rights Watch | On November 27, gendarmes in Cameroon arrested and severely beat prominent human rights lawyer Richard Tamfu in the country’s largest city, Douala. The vicious assault fits a pattern of official attacks on lawyers, presumably designed to deter them from doing their job. On the day in question, three …

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20 killed after boat capsize in Cameroon

Xinhua | At least 20 people were killed on Thursday after a boat capsized in Cameroon’s Far North region, according to witnesses and security sources. The boat capsized as it was transporting passengers from Darak island in the Logone-et-Chari division of region, witnesses told Xinhua Thursday evening. Local media reported …

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