PROTEST AT CAMEROON ENGLISH SPEAKING REGION

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A massive protest is under way in English-speaking regions of Cameroon to pressure the government to release community leaders who are being held in custody.

In the north-west's region capital, Bamenda, the protesters, estimated to be in their thousands, are blowing whistles, chanting freedom songs and flying flags they say represent an independent southern Cameroon.

Organisers planned the march to coincide with President Paul Biya's speech at the UN general assembly.

It comes a day after an improvised bomb injured three policemen in Bamenda.

The authorities told Reuters that a secessionist group calling for the creation of a breakaway state called "Ambazonia", which has links in the Anglophone-region, was behind the attack.

The group has minority support.

English speakers have long complained of discrimination in Cameroon.

They say they are often excluded from top civil service jobs and that many government documents are published only in French, even though English is an official language.

Cameroon was colonised by Germany in the 19th Century and then split into British and French areas after World War One.

Later, areas controlled by Britain and France joined to form Cameroon after the colonial powers withdrew in the 1960s

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