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An Analysis Of Nigeria – Cameroon Relations (1990 – 2007)
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The major significance of this study is that it will examine and highlight Nigeria – Cameroon Relations from 1999 to 2004. It will also suggest how areas of conflict could be resolved by both countries. This project research also hopes to contribute to the academic literature on Nigeria’s foreign policy through coverage of a turbulent period in Nigeria – Cameroon history.
Following the judgement by the International Court of Justice that ceded 33 Nigerian villages around Lake Chad and some in the South-Eastern border with Cameroon which included Bakassi Peninsula, which is known to be very rich in oil, Nigeria – Cameroon relations have been affected by the judgement made by the International Court of Justice in 2003. The political relations between Nigeria and Cameroon since independence have been in a state of flux. The initial peace enjoyed by the two countries (Nigeria and Cameroon) as members of the Conservative Group of African States which formed the Monrovia Group in the years immediately after independence in 1960, soon shifted from periods of pretentious friendship and cooperation to cold war and even military confrontation. It has been underlined that by the virtue of a common border and the controversial boundary demarcation between Nigeria and Cameroon, the relationship between the two countries have been marred by constant and severe border conflicts.
Nigeria – Cameroon relations have been marred by border disputes which is a colonial creation. This does not mean that there was no frontier existing before the coming of the colonial powers, however, the border as we know it today evolved from the arbitrary manner in which African borders were created. The problems that bedevilled the creation of this border were neatly handed over to both countries at independence. What ensued after independence and the post-plebiscite era was constant border clashes. Consequently and in realization of the dangerous dimension the border clashes may lead to, the International Court of Justice judgement in 2003 has put settlement machinery into motion by both governments.
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]It was understood that the agreement signed in
1975 by the two leaders would become law only after it was ratified by
both countries legislature. In the case of Nigeria the legislature at
that time was the supreme military council under Gowon, but in the case
of Cameroon, the elected legislature took no time in ratifying the
agreement since it was mostly in their favour. The Nigerian Supreme
Military Council under Gowon refused to ratify the agreement because it
noticed serious a ... Continue reading---
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]It was understood that the agreement signed in
1975 by the two leaders would become law only after it was ratified by
both countries legislature. In the case of Nigeria the legislature at
that time was the supreme military council under Gowon, but in the case
of Cameroon, the elected legislature took no time in ratifying the
agreement since it was mostly in their favour. The Nigerian Supreme
Military Council under Gowon refused to ratify the agreement because it
noticed serious a ... Continue reading---
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