abuja 2,000 people flee southern cameroon enter nigeria past two weeks fallout renew oppression angolophone cameroonians predominantly french-speaking country unite nations refugee agency say thursday unite nations high commissioner refugees unhcr prepare conservative contingency plan many 40,000 people flee cameroon antonio jose canhandula agency representative nigeria tell reuters interview abuja cycle state repression fuel separatism raise concern majority french-speaking cameroon may face prolong period violence soldier shoot dead least eight people country two english-speaking regions oct 1. fear 40,000 might actually understatement situation conflict might continue say canhandula cameroon government send security force southern cameroon say add country close border nigeria demonstrations cameroon english-speaking regions begin nearly year ago anglophone lawyers teachers protest work french say show wide marginalisation english-speaking minority one cameroon english-speaking regions country west border nigeria southeastern state cross rivers unhcr register refugees say flee violence accord canhandula nigeria cameroon already grapple one world bad humanitarian crises lake chad region million people displace eight years conflict islamist insurgency boko haram imagine another refugee situation country hardly cop idps internally displace persons canhandula say every time refugee situation several years ... cameroon really take issue create feel exclusion seriously say cameroon linguistic divide legacy world war one league nations divide former german colony kamerun ally french british victors 2,000 refugees flee cameroon nigeria past two weeks u.n. agency