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Freelance journalist detained in Cameroon while reporting for AP on US deportees

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Friday, February 20, 2026

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Freelance journalist detained in Cameroon while reporting for AP on US deportees
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YAOUNDE, Feb 19 (Reuters) - A freelance journalist on assignment for the Associated Press was slapped by police and briefly detained alongside three other reporters and a lawyer in Yaounde while attempting to interview Africans recently deported from the United States, two sources told Reuters.

YAOUNDE, Feb 19 (Reuters) - A freelance journalist on assignment for the Associated Press was slapped by police and briefly detained alongside three other reporters and a lawyer in Yaounde while attempting to interview Africans recently deported from the United States, two sources told Reuters.

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