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Bakassi beseiged by the Atlantic

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    The disputed Bakassi area in southeastern Nigeria, also claimed by Cameroon, risks being submerged by the Atlantic Ocean, ‘The Guardian’ quoted the Bakassi local council chairman, Chief Emmanuel Etene, as saying.

    Etene told ‘The Guardian’ that if nothing urgent was done, the entire Bakassi peninsula, especially Abana - the local government headquarters - would be submerged soon.

    An embankment built by the council has been destroyed by the powerful waves, Etene said. He said that between November 1999 and January 2000, marine erosion had submerged property worth over 100 million naira (about US $1 million).

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