Bakassi Peninsula: Nigeria, Cameroon to Return to ICJ for judgment clarification

By a correspondent Nigeria and Cameroon have agreed to return to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for clarification of some grey areas in its judgment on the dispute between both countries over the ownership of the Bakassi Peninsula. The ICJ, in a judgment on October 10, 2002, upheld Cameroon’s claim to the area. At the 24th session of the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission (CNMC) held between August 25 and 26, 2022 in Abuja, both countries seemed not to have an equal understanding of the ICJ judgment on the course of the boundary on localities of Rhoumski, Pillar 8 and Koja.…