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, walked free from prison on Saturday after insurrection charges against him were dropped in what the government said was a gesture of national reconciliation.

Biya, who has governed Cameroon for nearly four decades, is seeking to calm unrest stoked by a disputed presidential election last year and a separatist insurrection that has cost close to 2 000 lives over the past two years. He was arrested in January after leading protests which security forces dispersed with live bullets, and faced charges before a military court which his lawyers said could have carried the death penalty.

 

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