Cameroon protesters call for death of Boko Haram leader

Yaounde - Several thousand people took to the
streets of Cameroon's capital on Saturday to
denounce Boko Haram's bloody insurgency and call
for the killing of the group's leader Abubakar
Shekau.
"This march symbolises Cameroon's unity against
Boko Haram," the country's Labour Minister
Gregoire Owona told marchers in Yaounde, before
shouting "Shekau!"
In response, the crowd which organisers said
numbered 10 000-15 000, chanted: "You are dead,
you are a coward."
Over the past seven months Cameroonian soldiers
have been battling the extremists, which are now
locked in a regional fight that also includes soldiers
from Nigeria and Chad.
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attacks by Boko Haram
Boko Haram's six-year insurgency, which has left 13
000 dead and forced over a million from their
homes, has increasingly spilled over into
neighbouring nations.
Several ministers led the vocal, but peaceful march,
which saw protestors waving the flags of Cameroon,
Chad and Nigeria.
"It was important to be here for me, for my brothers
who are on the front, for my country," said marcher
Philomene Ekombo, a Cameroonian flag in hand.
However, the date of the demonstration sparked
controversy in Cameroon because it coincided with
the anniversary of protests in 2008 in which the
government said 40 people were killed. Locals
groups put the death toll at 139.
Critics claimed the march organisers, with
government encouragement, planned the protest in
order to overshadow memorials of the 2008 killings.
Organisers denied the allegation, saying: "There is
no memorial war."

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