This past Wednesday, 13 Cameroonian hostages were released. These 13 men were all government officials by unidentified armed men. These men are believed to be the Bakassi (how the news spells it) Freedom Fighters. The Bakassi Freedom Fighters are a military group that is still fighting over the section of land where the Bakassi tribe lives. Why? This land had belonged to Nigeria, the country that rests south of Cameroon, but they ceded it (gave it over) to Cameroon in 2006. The news says that areas around Bakassi Peninsula (around where we will be, I believe, remain prone to piracy and attacks.
Please pray for the citizens in this area of Cameroon, as there is military heat around them. Pray for protection for these people, and for our team not to fear these military groups when we are in Cameroon.
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