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'It was so abrupt': COVID-19 upends burial rites in Cameroon

by Emeline Fonyuy
| October 14, 2020 4:06 AM

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — The commotion broke out in the cemetery after dark, flashlights flickering wildly. Curious, neighbors stumbled upon a dispute between a grieving family and Cameroon's security forces.

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