11 Cameroonian officials kidnapped in Bakassi peninsula
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Eleven Cameroonian officials were kidnapped and two soldiers were killed in the Central African country's troubled Bakassi peninsula, the local government said on Monday.
The separate attacks were linked to rebels surfacing in recent years in the peninsula, part of the oil-rich the Gulf of Guinea region. Bakassi is also known for repeated attacks by pirates.
The officials were kidnapped on board a boat off the coast on Sunday after attending a ceremony. Two gendarmes were shot on Monday on the peninsula by unidentified gunmen.
An Africa Marine Commando (AMC) is suspected to be behind the attacks, the latest in a series by the group to press for a swap of its members in detention.
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