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FILE - In this Sunday Oct 9, 2011 file photo, Cameroon President Paul Biya waves after casting his vote during the presidential elections in Yaounde, Cameroon. A bloody conflict between Cameroon's government and Anglophone separatists over language is now threatening next month's presidential election. The 85-year-old President Paul Biya, one of Africa's longest-serving leaders, vows to hold the largely Francophone country together even as thousands flee violence in English-speaking regions. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

Cameroon lurches toward election amid separatist conflict

By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI - Associated Press

Amnesty: ‘Horrific’ violence in Cameroon Anglophone regions

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Armed men attack school in Cameroon’s English-speaking area

By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI - Associated Press

Video shows Cameroon’s soldiers shooting cowering civilians

By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI and CARA ANNA - Associated Press

The Latest: Cameroon’s president says he will run again

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FILE - In this Thursday, March 22, 2018 file photo, Cameroon President Paul Biya is seated with Chinese President Xi Jinping as they attend a signing ceremony at the Great Hall Of The People in Beijing. Cameroon's president, one of Africa's longest-serving leaders, says on Friday, July 13, 2018 he will run again in October's election. The 85-year-old president has been in power since 1982. He oversees an increasingly restive Central African nation that faces an Anglophone separatist movement and the threat from Boko Haram extremists crossing the border from Nigeria. (Lintao Zhang/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Cameroon’s 85-year-old president runs for election again

By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI - Associated Press

Toko-Ekambi named African player of the year in France

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FILE- In this Dec. 2, 2017, file photo, Francis Ngannou, left, hits Alistair Overeem in the first round during a UFC 218 heavyweight mixed martial arts bout, in Detroit. Ngannou defeated Overeem by first-round knockout. Ngannou has knockout power that snaps heads back like Pez dispensers and earned him comparisons to Mike Tyson in his ferocious heyday. Ngannou will compete in the heavyweight champion bout against Stipe Miocic in the main event of UFC 220. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez, File)

Ngannou could go from homeless to UFC heavyweight champ

By DAN GELSTON - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file photo provided by Stony Brook University shows Professor Patrice Nganang. A judge ordered the release of Nganang held in the Central African nation of Cameroon since early December 2017. Patrice Nganang's lawyer says the dual U.S. and Cameroonian citizen was released early Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017. Emmanuel Simh says his Cameroonian passport was taken and that he will be expelled to an unknown destination. (Stony Brook University via AP, File)

Cameroon frees US professor held for criticizing government

By JOEL KOUAM - Associated Press

Cameroon sentences opposition leader to 25 years in prison

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FIFA to send in emergency team to run Cameroon football

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At least 34 missing after military ship sinks off Cameroon

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New Zealand coach Anthony Hudson gestures during the Confederations Cup, Group A soccer match between New Zealand and Portugal, at the St. Petersburg Stadium, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Return to Russia in 2018 is tough for Cameroon, New Zealand

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Germany's Timo Werner, front, scores his side's second goal during the Confederations Cup, Group B soccer match between Germany and Cameroon, at the Fisht Stadium in Sochi, Russia, Sunday June 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Germany reaches Confed Cup semis amid more replay confusion

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Cameroon's coach Hugo Broos attends a training session in St.Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Cameroon will play Australia in a Confederations Cup, Group B soccer match scheduled for Thursday, June 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Late buses, busy roads disrupt Cameroon team plans in Russia

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Chile's Arturo Vidal, right, and Eduardo Vargas argue with referee Demir Skomina during the Confederations Cup, Group B soccer match between Cameroon and Chile, at the Spartak Stadium in Moscow, Sunday, June 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Chile beats Cameroon 2-0 as video reviews draw controversy

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press

In this photo taken Saturday, May 27, 2017 people carrying a Cameroon flag, take part in a parade in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia. People in blackface wearing African clothing and carrying bananas marched in a government-backed weekend parade in Sochi, a city that will host one of Cameroon's matches at the Confederations Cup. (AP Photo/Artur Lebedev)

People in blackface march in Sochi parade before Confed Cup

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Freedom House is shown, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, in Detroit. Freedom House, based in a former convent on the grounds of Detroit's oldest parish and overlooking the river that separates Detroit from the Canadian city of Windsor, continues to ease the fears of asylum seekers from across the globe. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Anxieties rise at Detroit haven for asylum seekers

By JEFF KAROUB - Associated Press