The Cameroon-Nigeria border dispute : management and resolution, 1981-2011 /

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Author / Creator:Lukong, Hilary V.
Imprint:Mankon, Bamenda : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, 2011.
Description:1 online resource (xvi, 218 pages) : maps
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11120660
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ISBN:9789956726240
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9956726001
9956717592
9789956717590
9956717592
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
Other form:Print version: Lukong, Hilary V. Cameroon-Nigeria border dispute. Mankon, Bamenda : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, 2011 9789956717590
Standard no.:9789956717590