Soldiers in Cameroon shot dead at least eight
people during independence protests in the
English-speaking parts of the country.
Rallies were held on the 56th anniversary of the
incorporation of the regions into Cameroon.
The mayor of the town of Kumbo said that five of
the dead were prisoners shot after a jail caught
fire.
Activists had called for the release of prisoners
who had been arrested in a series of protests over
the last year.
The divisions in the central African state date back
to the post-colonial settlement.
Cameroon was colonised by Germany and then
split into British and French areas after World War
One.
The country was unified in 1961 - but English-
speakers accuse the Francophone majority of
discrimination.
The mayor of Kumbo, Donatus Njong Fonyuy, told
the BBC the flag of a secessionist movement had
been put up in symbolic places in the town.
There were several other demonstrations in other
parts of English-speakin
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