Dated events associated with this case. Each event is a shared record: the same event appears identically wherever it is relevant.
· Legal decision
The International Court of Justice ruled that Bakassi sovereignty belonged to Cameroon, resolving the interstate dispute.
Significance here: The definitive resolution of the Nigeria-Cameroon interstate territorial dispute over Bakassi.
· Agreement
Nigeria and Cameroon agreed to implement the ICJ ruling, with Nigeria completing its withdrawal from Bakassi by 2008.
Significance here: The implementation mechanism for the ICJ ruling, formally transferring administrative control of Bakassi to Cameroon.
· Declaration
A local self-determination movement, distinct from either state's claim, declared an independent "Democratic Republic of Bakassi."
Significance here: The founding declaration of a local Bakassi self-determination claim, distinct from the resolved interstate territorial dispute.
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