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Cameroon: International Court Sets Public Hearings On Border Dispute

15 February 2002

The International Court of Justice in The Hague will hold public hearings in a land and maritime boundary dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria from Monday to Thursday, the ICJ said on Thursday.

Cameroon filed the case in 1994 claiming sovereignty over the Bakassi Peninsula and part of the Lake Chad area, which was it claimed was under "military occupation by Nigeria" since 1975. Cameroon has also stated the border with Nigeria from Lake Chad to the sea "should be determined". It wants Nigerian troops withdrawn from the disputed territory and reparation for material and non-material damage. Nigeria rejected Cameroon's claims in 1999, the ICJ said.

Equatorial Guinea got involved in the case in 1999, after intervening "to protect [its] legal rights in the Gulf of Guinea by all legal means", but not as party to the dispute.

The detailed programme of the hearings is available on http://www.icj-cij.org

Tagged: Cameroon, Central Africa, Nigeria, West Africa

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