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What actually happened in Bakassi?
Written by Tamara on August 22, 2008 – 8:29 am -
Description: Did you hear? The oil rich peninsula of Bakassi was handed to Cameroon by Nigeria on the 14th of August. The event was unmarked and forgotten by the international press, the Cameroonian military is shy of neutral monitoring and the Cameroonian press is heavily muzzled. Yet, through the use of blogs the true nature of events has been noted.
Tools: Blogs
How these tools are being used: ConnectAfrica is a group of professional journalists based in Lagos, Nigeria whose focus is on covering development issues in Africa. ConnectAfrica has been blogging about Bakassi during and since the handover. They report unprovoked shootings and aggression by the Cameroonian gendarmes.
Tags: africa, bakassi, blogs, cameroon, nigeria
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