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Women in anglophone Cameroon protest kidnappings

Randy Joe Sa鈥檃h reports for Focus on Africa on the disturbing rise in kidnappings in Cameroon鈥檚 English-speaking regions. Many of the abductions are carried out in order to extort ransom payments from family members, while women have held protests against the practice.

(Photo: Women displaced from villages in anglophone Cameroon wash clothes; Credit: Getty Images)

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