/ 23 October 2000

GENDARMES RAID NIGERIAN VILLAGES

CAMEROONIAN gendarmes have raided Nigerian villages, killing an unspecified number of people in a border area disputed by the two countries, Nigerian newspapers reported. The alleged invasion took place about a week ago in the Boki area of southeastern Cross River State. Border clashes there have not been as frequent as in the Bakassi Peninsula, where the armies of the two neighbours confront each other in a long-running maritime frontier dispute. – Reuters