Bakassi | |
|---|---|
 Bakassi | |
| Country |  Cameroon |
| Region | South West Region |
| Area | |
• Total | 257 sq mi (665 km2) |
| Population | |
• Total | 150,000 - 300,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
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Bakassi is a peninsula on the Gulf of Guinea. It lies between the Cross River estuary, near the city of Calabar and the Rio del Ray estuary on the east. It is governed by Cameroon, following the transfer of sovereignty from neighbouring Nigeria as a result of a judgment by the International Court of Justice.[1] On 22 November 2007, the Nigerian Senate rejected the transfer, since the Greentree Agreement ceding the area to Cameroon was contrary to Section 12(1) of the 1999 Constitution.[2] Regardless, the territory was completely ceded to Cameroon on 14 August 2008, exactly two years after the first part of it was transferred.[3][4]
- ^ The Land and Maritime Boundary Between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria: Equatorial Guinea intervening) Archived 11 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Judgment, ICJ Reports 2002, p.303
- ^ Terry D. Gill; Harm Dotinga; Shabtai Rosenne; Erik Jaap Molenaar; Alex G. Oude Elferink (2003). Rosenne's the World Court: What it is and how it Works. United Nations Publications. p. 212. ISBN 90-04-13816-1.
- ^ "Nigeria hands Bakassi to Cameroon". BBC News. 14 August 2006. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ Francis Baye (January 2010). "Implications of the Bakassi conflict resolution for Cameroon". AJCR. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.