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Cameroonian President Paul Biya, 85 years and in power since 1982, announced Friday his candidacy for a seventh term, the day after the attack of the convoy of the Minister of Defense in the English-speaking zone, destabilized by groups "I will be your candidate in the next presidential elections", said the Cameroonian leader on his Twitter account
The Cameroonian presidential elections, scheduled for October 7, will be held in a context of daily confrontations the English-speaking regions of the north-west and southwest. The violence that may threaten the normal course of elections
The announcement of President Biya comes the day after the attack by pro-independence pro-independence groups of the convoy of Defense Minister Beti Assomo in the south. west of the country
. Assomo was sent there by the head of state to badess the situation in this convulsed region
"Attacked the minister's convoy in the Kumba region", a southwestern town, told the newspaper. AFP a service-related source. Security
Fighting is repeated daily between the military, police and separatist groups of the two English-speaking regions (out of a total of ten) in Cameroon
Separatist groups claim the proclamation of an independent state and thus restore " the dignity "of an anglophone minority marginalized by the central government, dominated mainly by the Francophone community.
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