BUEA/BAMENDA, Cameroon (Reuters) - Soldiers shot dead at least eight people and wounded others in Cameroon's restless English-speaking regions on Sunday during protests by activists calling for its independence from the majority Francophone nation, an official and witnesses said.
The demonstrations - timed to take place on the anniversary of Anglophone Cameroon's independence from Britain - came as a months-old movement against perceived marginalisation by the Francophone-dominated government gathered pace.
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