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Cameroon: Kumba Carnage - Mourning Seven Slain Students

[Cameroon Tribune] Chief Dr. Dion Ngute laid the wreath and handed parcels from President Paul Biya and wife.

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Defiant Lesotho PM shows no sign of resigning

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