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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9725

26 August 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/nigeria

25/08/2008 (Agence Europe) - In a declaration published on 21 August, the French Council Presidency welcomes, on behalf of the EU, the transfer of authority in the western zone of the Bakassi peninsula from Nigeria to Cameroon, marking the end of the handover process begun in 2006. The EU “is pleased by the courageous decision by Nigeria and Cameroon to resolve this territorial dispute peacefully by complying with the judgment of the International Court of Justice of 10 October 2002 and...