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February 28th, 2008, 12:56 PM
Some 2,000 boarding school children are being used as human shields by demonstrators in Cameroon.
Thousands of protesters went into three schools in Bamenda in the north-west to escape police pursuing them after violent demonstrations overnight.
There have been days of protests across the country, sparked by a taxi-driver strike over a fuel price rise.
Story (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7268861.stm)
Thousands of protesters went into three schools in Bamenda in the north-west to escape police pursuing them after violent demonstrations overnight.
There have been days of protests across the country, sparked by a taxi-driver strike over a fuel price rise.
Story (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7268861.stm)