22 killed in clashes in Cameroon English-speaking region

Cameroon police officials walk with riot shields on a street in the administrative quarter of Buea some 60kms west of Douala last year. Twenty-two people have been killed in clashes with the army in Cameroon, an opposition MP said on May 26, 2018. AFP | AFP PHOTO | STR

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The clashes come after the US ambassador to Cameroon accused government forces earlier this month of carrying out targeted killings and other abuses in the fight against the independence-seeking militants.