| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 218 pages) : maps |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Stakes and Causes of the Border Dispute -- Historico-Diplomatic Causes -- Constant boundary changes between colonial masters -- Non application of bilateral frontier agreements -- Security and Strategic Considerations -- Security imperatives and geostrategic importance of some border areas -- quest for national cohesion -- Socio-Economic Considerations -- Population movements across the frontier -- Economic needs of Nigeria and Cameroon -- ch. 2 Bilateral Management of the Border Dispute, 1981-2002 -- Role of the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Boundary Commission, 1991-1993 -- Promotion of trans-frontier cooperation -- Promotion of bilateral relations and sub regional integration -- Yola Seminar Workshop, May 1992 -- Objectives -- Identified problems and recommended solutions -- Role of the Cameroon-Nigeria Joint Commission, 1987-2002 -- Promotion of trans-frontier cooperation -- Promotion of bilateral relations -- High-Level Talks and Declarations on the Border Issue, 1981-2002 -- Reconciliation process following the 1981 border incident -- Talks and declarations before Nigerian invasion of Bakassi in 1994 -- Diplomatic offensives following Nigerian invasion of Bakassi -- Bilateral cooperation at the time of crisis -- ch. 3 Multilateral Management of the Border Dispute, 1981-2002 -- Role of the Lake Chad Basin Commission -- Role of the Organisation of African Unity -- Role of the United Nations -- Role of the European Union -- Role of the Customs and Economic Union of Central African States -- Mediation and Conciliation Efforts of Togo and France -- mediation efforts of Togo -- French conciliation efforts -- ch. 4 Settlement of the Dispute through Adjudication by the International Court of Justice, 1994-2002 -- Cameroon's Suit and Nigeria's Preliminary Objections -- Cameroon's Introductory Suit |
| Summary |
At independence, Cameroon and Nigeria adhered to the OAU principle of UTI POSSEDETIS JURIS by inheriting the colonial administrative borders whose delineation in some parts was either imperfect or not demarcated or both. The two countries tried to correct these anomalies. But such efforts were later thwarted by incessant geostrategic reckoning, dilatory, and diversionary tactics in the seventies and eighties that persisted and resurfaced in the nineties with a more determined posture. On two occasions, the border conflict almost boiled over to a full-scale war. First, in May 1981 when there |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Africa -- Central.
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Boundaries
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| SUBJECT |
Cameroon -- Boundaries -- Nigeria
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Nigeria -- Boundaries -- Cameroon
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| Subject |
Cameroon
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Nigeria
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789956726240 |
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9956726249 |
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9789956726004 |
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9956726001 |
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9956717592 |
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9789956717590 |
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