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Staying Alive in Bamenda, Cameroon

How your hair, your clothes, even your physique can get you killed.

There have been protests in Cameroon鈥檚 two English-speaking regions, where people say they are marginalised by the French-speaking majority. There have been violent clashes between rebels and government forces, with civilians caught between. 蜜芽传媒 Africa's Peter Tah is based in Bamenda, and has found the story on his doorstep.

Image: a soldier from the Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR) in Cameroon
Credit: AFP/Getty Images

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