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10 Cameroon secession activists to remain in custody

Leader of Cameroon separatist movement Julius Ayuk Tabe. A Cameroon military court on December 6, 2018 resolved to continue detaining him and his co-defendants accused of terrorism, secession, civil war and revolution. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By  Ndi Eugene Ndi

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Nation Media Group

A Cameroonian military court Thursday resolved to continue detaining some 10 activists accused of terrorism, secession, civil war and revolution.

The judge, Col Abega Mbezoa Eko Eko, ruled that the hearing will continue on January 10, 2019.

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