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This paved the way for Nigeria's withdrawal from Bakassi, which is expected to be completed in a flag-exchanging ceremony on August 14.
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The government spokesman said such a situation would make life "impossible" for Cameroonian citizens and soldiers in the Bakassi region.
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It is not clear whether the rebels are from a group called Bakassi Freedom Fighters or a splinter group known as Africa Marine Commando.
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Meanwhile, Nigerians who have opted to stay on in Bakassi still complain their rights are not fully protected.
Cameroon-Nigeria Border Demarcation Due to be Finished Next Year 2011
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Rebels from Cameroon's Bakassi Peninsula claimed responsibility for the kidnappings.
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The Bakassi peninsula has changed hands repeatedly over centuries, from European colonial powers to Nigeria, and finally to Cameroon in 2008.
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Cameroon says 11 members of its government reportedly kidnapped in the country's oil-rich Bakassi region by a separatist milita have been freed.
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News agency reports have quoted security sources as saying the kidnappers were members of a group seeking independence for the Bakassi region, but no one has publicly claimed responsibility for the abduction.
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The Cameroonian hostages - most of them local-government officials - were seized by unidentified armed men on February 6, in waters off the country's Bakassi peninsula, an oil-rich area where separatist rebels have been active.
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Without commenting on which group staged the kidnapping, or what the political motivation may have been, spokesman Tchiroma told reporters that Bakassi's potential wealth has undermined its peace.
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