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Recent torrential rains have battered parts of Central Africa, causing extensive flooding and landslides. The death toll from a rain-triggered landslide in Cameroon’s West Region has risen to 11, local authorities said Friday evening.“We recovered seven corpses today (Friday) making a total of 11. “Also, heavy (road) equipment has been removed from the debris. (Excavation) exercise continues,” West Region Governor Augustine Fonka Awa told Xinhua. He added that the bodies recovered were in an “advanced state of decomposition.” Four bodies were initially recovered on Tuesday after three passenge…