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Year 2006: Nigeria loses Bakassi to Cameroun


 

After 13 years of bitter dispute, the Bakassi Peninsula is ceded to Cameroon in compliance with an International Court of Justice ruling. The decision causes consternation in Nigeria, but it complies, formally handing over power in 2006. PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images

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