Cameroon updates deaths in post-election protests to 16

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Cameroon updates deaths in post-election protests to 16  There has been widespread international criticism of the violent crackdown by security forces on the demonstrations.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/11/13/cameroon-updates-deaths-in-post-election-protests-to-16  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:01Government officials in Cameroon have updated the death toll in last month's post-election protests,

00:06saying 16 people died and more than 800 others were arrested.

00:11Data from two United Nations sources estimate that at least 48 civilians were killed during the demonstrations,

00:17while opposition groups say the toll was 55.

00:20There's been widespread international criticism of the violent crackdown by security forces on the protesters.

00:26Human rights watchers accused the police and gendarmes of using lethal force,

00:31committing killings and arbitrarily detaining hundreds of people.

00:36The NGO says many protesters appear to have been shot dead by security forces

00:40and dozens have been left nursing gunshot wounds.

00:44It adds that some 2,000 people are being held across the country and many have not been presented before a judge.

00:51The demonstrations took place following the announcement that President Paul Beer

00:55had won an eighth term in office, with opposition parties and supporters saying the poll was rigged.

01:00At 92, he's the world's oldest state leader,

01:03and after more than four decades in power, young people want to change.

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