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Cameroon鈥檚 President Biya is sworn in for a seventh term

The opposition refuses to recognise President Biya's victory

Cameroon鈥檚 President Paul Biya calls for a public holiday on the day he is sworn in for a seventh term in office, but the opposition refuses to concede victory. The ceremony happens a day after 79 school children, their principal and two other staff members are abducted from a school in the English speaking region of the country. We hear first-hand accounts of parents of the victims + According to the International Monetary Fund 40 per cent of low-income sub-Saharan countries are now at risk of debt distress. Is debt relief even possible? We ask Liberia's former Finance Minister, Dr Antoinette Monsio Sayeh

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