Some 50 protesters opposed to Cameroon's President Paul Biya broke into the country's Paris embassy, vandalising portraits of him, witnesses said Sunday. The demonstrators filmed themselves invading the empty offices in the French capital's chic 16th district around 7:00 pm (1800 GMT) on Saturday, broadcasting the protest live on Facebook.

Police forced them out of the building two hours later and onto the street, where they continued their protest outside the embassy. A local resident who witnessed the protest told AFP the protesters had "jumped over the railings and smashed the door open". "They are taking Cameroonians for idiots," protester Daniel Essissima said in the Facebook video.

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