For a few years, relations between Cameroon and Nigeria have intensified over issues relating to their 1,600-kilometre land boundary, extending from the Lake Chad to the Bakassi peninsula, and boundary into the Gulf of Guinea.
The issues that are involved are rights over the oil-rich land and the fate of local populations.
For example, as Lake Chad dried up due to desertification, local populations relying on the lake for their water source have followed the receding waters, further blurring the boundary lines.
Tensions between the two countries escalated into military confrontation at the end of 1993 with the deployment of Nigerian military to the Bakassi peninsula.
The dispute was resolved with the Greentree agreement of 2006.
For a few years, relations between Cameroon and Nigeria have intensified over issues relating to their 1,600-kilometre land boundary, extending from the Lake Chad to the Bakassi peninsula, and boundary into the Gulf of Guinea. The issues that are involved are rights over the oil-rich land and the fate of local populations. For example, as Lake Chad dried up due to desertification, local populations relying on the lake for their water source have followed the receding waters, further blurring the boundary lines. Tensions between the two countries escalated into military confrontation at the end of 1993 with the deployment of Nigerian military to the Bakassi peninsula. The dispute was resolved with the Greentree agreement of 2006.
Cameroon–Nigeria relations