A senior United Nations executive claimed that “remarkable progress” had been made in demarcating Cameroon's disputed maritime boundary with Nigeria after the handover in 2002 of the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula to the Yaounde-based government, writes Barry Morgan.

Briefing Cameroon Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute last week, UN Special Representative Mohammed Ibn Chambas said that “work continues, in spite of the rough terrain and security challenges.”