Cameroon, and Nigeria eventually decided not to appeal the ruling, sparking protests from many Bakassi residents. And other Nigerians. In 2008, the ICJ gave Nigeria five years to transition and cede control. As of August 2013, Nigerians – who constitute 90 percent of the peninsula’s population – had to obtain residence permits and be treated as foreign nationals. Those who decided to become Cameroonians had to acquire national identity cards and respect Cameroon laws The United Nations-backed Green Tree Agreement of 2006 set terms of the handover and one of the articles states that there shall be no indiscriminate collection of taxes within the Bakassi peninsula. Cameroonian embassy keeps mum Efforts by LEADERSHIP to get the Cameroon Embassy in Abuja to comment on the issue were fruitless as officials of the Commission failed to reply to e-mail sent to the Commission’s mail address. Boko Haram slaughters 30 in Cameroon village Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have reportedly killed over 30 Cameroonian villagers, a security official disclosed yesterday. A regional governor, Mijiyawa Bakary, told the local by phone that the estimated 30 people killed were civilians. “We do not yet have all the facts, but our divisional officers and security officials are filling us in,” Bakary said. The attack took place at Mbaljuel village in northern Cameroon, just a few kilometres from Cameroon’s border with Nigeria, L’Oeil du Sahel newspaper said. The insurgents also carried out a similar attack along the Waza-Mora highway on Friday, killing one Cameroonian soldier. A soldier serving near the border who did not want to be named said the dead soldier was a corporal, adding that three soldiers also were wounded in the attack. The attackers also confiscated a vehicle belonging to the Cameroon military.
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Cameroon, and Nigeria eventually decided not to appeal the ruling, sparking protests from many Bakassi residents. And other Nigerians. In 2008, the ICJ gave Nigeria five years to transition and cede control. As of August 2013, Nigerians – who constitute 90 percent of the peninsula’s population – had to obtain residence permits and be treated as foreign nationals. Those who decided to become Cameroonians had to acquire national identity cards and respect Cameroon laws The United Nations-backed Green Tree Agreement of 2006 set terms of the handover and one of the articles states that there shall be no indiscriminate collection of taxes within the Bakassi peninsula. Cameroonian embassy keeps mum Efforts by LEADERSHIP to get the Cameroon Embassy in Abuja to comment on the issue were fruitless as officials of the Commission failed to reply to e-mail sent to the Commission’s mail address. Boko Haram slaughters 30 in Cameroon village Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have reportedly killed over 30 Cameroonian villagers, a security official disclosed yesterday. A regional governor, Mijiyawa Bakary, told the local by phone that the estimated 30 people killed were civilians. “We do not yet have all the facts, but our divisional officers and security officials are filling us in,” Bakary said. The attack took place at Mbaljuel village in northern Cameroon, just a few kilometres from Cameroon’s border with Nigeria, L’Oeil du Sahel newspaper said. The insurgents also carried out a similar attack along the Waza-Mora highway on Friday, killing one Cameroonian soldier. A soldier serving near the border who did not want to be named said the dead soldier was a corporal, adding that three soldiers also were wounded in the attack. The attackers also confiscated a vehicle belonging to the Cameroon military.
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