Cameroon: 'Why Are You Breathing in Europe?'

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Cameroon: 'Why Are You Breathing in Europe?'

[African Arguments] Cameroonians can't move freely in Africa. We get profiled in airports beyond the continent. And that's if you can get a passport in the first place.

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