US envoy's motorcade kills child in Cameroon

[WorldNews]

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A diplomatic convoy in Cameroon carrying the visiting US ambassador to the United Nations accidentally struck and killed a young boy on Monday, the State Department said. Samantha Power is in Cameroon with officials from USAID and the US Department of Defense as part of Washington's effort to support local authorities in their fight against the extremist group Boko Haram. "Obviously, we are all grieving with the family of that young boy who was killed by the vehicle in the convoy," State Department spokesman John Kirby said.

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