In Cameroon, soldiers shot and killed at least eight people and wounded scores more Sunday in the latest crackdown on a separatist movement in English-speaking parts of the Central African nation. The violence came on the 56th anniversary of the unification of areas formerly colonized by Britain and France. Ahead of the anniversary, the government banned public gatherings, limited travel and disrupted internet service, cutting access to services like WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter—after it ended a similar blackout last April that lasted 93 days. About a fifth of Cameroon’s 22 million people are English speakers, with many claiming discrimination at the hands of the French-speaking majority.