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Nigeria & Cameroon Border Agreement FinalizedNigeria & Cameroon Border Agreement Finalized
Nigeria Today
3/17/08
Cameroon and Nigeria agreed their long-disputed maritime border off the Bakassi Peninsula on Friday, ending years of uncertainty as to who owns sections of Africa's oil-rich Gulf of Guinea. Friday's deal, signed in Cameroon's capital Yaounde, finalised the maritime border which cuts through the Gulf of Guinea. "Today is a glorious and remarkable day, a milestone in the history of Cameroon-Nigeria relations," Nigerian delegation head Prince Bola Ajibola told Reuters after the ceremony.
"Many people had expected our two countries to go to war, but we have proven to them and the entire international community that boundary disputes, no matter how serious they may be, can be resolved through peace and dialogue." Gunmen suspected of belonging to a Nigerian rebel group killed 21 Cameroonian soldiers in Bakassi last November in an unexplained attack.
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