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French troops for Cameroon

Monday 28 February 1994 00:02 GMT
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France is sending 30 soldiers to Cameroon to assist its former colony in a conflict with Nigeria over a border area rich in oil, Reuter reports from Yaounde. The dispute is worsening and Cameroonian and Nigerian troops are separated by only four miles of swampland.

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