Bakassi militants driven back in Cameroon
Cameroon’s security forces beat back an attack by pirates in waters off the Bakassi peninsula bordering Nigeria at the weekend, sinking one of their speedboats, the defence ministry said on Sunday. An armed group that says it is fighting for compensation for Nigerian settlers of Bakassi forced to leave the peninsula when it was handed back to Cameroon in August, said its fighters were involved in Saturday’s clash near Jabane. (Full Story)