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Cameroon鈥檚 security forces have launched an operation to restore security in Bamenda. The operation dubbed "Bamenda Clean" has the stated aim of restoring order to the capital of the Northwest Region which the army claims has been the target of attacks by what it calls "terrorists and criminals". Bamenda is one of the cities at the heart of unrest in the English-speaking parts of the country.

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(Photo:Soldiers from the Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR) secure a ceremony honouring four soldiers killed in the violence that erupted in the Northwest and Southwest Regions of Cameroon, where most of the country's English-speaking minority live, on November 17, 2017 in Bamenda. Credit: Getty Images)