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Cameroon election protests heavily policed

Four people have been killed in Cameroon amid protest over a contested national election. Supporters of presidential candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary had pushed ahead with protests despite a ban. Bakary claims he won the election against president Paul Biya. Biya’s party deny the allegations...

HMRC can't work out the Irish border

British tax authorities have been forced into a humiliating apology, after the extreme stinginess of their attempted benefit clawbacks led to a balls-up depriving hundreds of residents in the north of Ireland of child benefit payments. A spokesperson for HMRC said: We’re sorry that a small...

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