A Hidden Conflict
From Our Own Correspondent
BBC
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2018
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
A civil war is brewing in Cameroon, but it rarely makes the headlines. Kate Adie introduces stories and insight from correspondents around the world: In Nigeria, Stephanie Hegarty travels to its border with Cameroon which tens of thousands of people have crossed fleeing violent unrest in the République's Anglophone region. Tim Hartley listens to the fears of indigenous people in Cordillera in the Philippines - of big business encroaching on their way of life and of state sanctioned harassment. Jonathan Fryer attends a Candomblé initiation ceremony and hears how the Afro-Brazilian religion is becoming increasingly popular as economic problems persist in Brazil. Cindy Sui reveals how easy it is for big businesses to be unwittingly drawn into arguments about China's territorial claim on Taiwan - even for companies based in mainland China. And how about a game of three-sided football? David Taylor takes part in the other major international football tournament taking place this summer, in Spain.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the BBC. |
| 0:04.0 | Hello. |
| 0:05.0 | Today, standing up for your rights in the Philippines can get you labelled an enemy of the state. |
| 0:11.0 | The Brazilian seeking escape from poverty and political corruption through |
| 0:15.7 | African gods and Catholic saints. |
| 0:18.8 | We hear how multinational companies have been forced to apologize after appearing to question China's claim on Taiwan |
| 0:26.0 | through t-shirts, customer questionnaires and even drop-down menus on websites and our |
| 0:32.4 | correspondent takes part in a major international football |
| 0:35.6 | tournament and finds his team losing 5-2-3-sided football anyone? |
| 0:44.4 | Conflict in Cameroon has led around 200,000 people to abandon their homes. |
| 0:50.4 | More than 160,000 have been forced to other parts of the country, |
| 0:54.2 | while others have fled across its borders. |
| 0:56.7 | But it's rarely reported on, |
| 0:58.9 | as journalists are often prevented from getting close to the worst affected areas. |
| 1:04.5 | The unrest began in the English speaking west of the country in 2016 and a violent cruxdown followed. |
| 1:11.6 | The Army and separatist militants have been fighting for months. |
| 1:15.0 | Stephanie Hegarty has been tracing the roots of the violence from over the border in Nigeria. |
| 1:21.0 | Under the whispering roar of rushing water, a group of refugees has gathered. |
| 1:27.0 | Agbukim Waterfall is majestic, a river broken into several streams falling over a rocky precipice and plunging into the |
| 1:36.1 | jungle below, a natural masterpiece that most Nigerians have never even heard of. The watery border it runs into is all that separates |
| 1:46.0 | Nigeria from southwest Cameroon. On the other side is another well-kept secret. A |
| 1:52.1 | civil war is brewing. When the French and British pulled out |
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