The Cameroon–Nigeria border is 1,975 km (1,227 mi) in length and runs from the tripoint with Chad in the north to the Atlantic Ocean in the south. The...
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Bakassi (redirect from Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria))
estuary on the east. It is governed by Cameroon, following the transfer of sovereignty from neighbouring Nigeria as a result of a judgment by the International...
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extensive shared border, as well as the legacy of colonial arrangements under which areas of Cameroon were administered as part of British Nigeria. The countries...
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The Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti) is a subspecies of the common chimpanzee which inhabits the rainforest along the border of Nigeria...
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List of Ambazonian commanders in the Anglophone Crisis (section Cameroon–Nigeria border and Bakassi)
Retina", conducted IED attack in Lebialem in September 2023. At the Cameroon–Nigeria border and on the Bakassi peninsula, the Anglophone Crisis overlaps with...
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February, a Nigerian Army compound was attacked in Marte, Borno, about 40 km east of the Nigeria-Cameroon border, in northeastern Nigeria. Ten soldiers...
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Bakassi conflict (category 2000s in Cameroon)
dispute over the Bakassi Peninsula of Cameroon. Originally subject to a border conflict between Cameroon and Nigeria, Bakassi later became affected by insurgencies...
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extended the AOF-Northern Nigeria border into the lake; and a Franco-German border treaty of 1908 extended the AEF-Cameroon border into the lake. After the...
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Lake Chad (category Cameroon–Nigeria border)
freshwater lake located at the junction of four countries: Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon in western and central Africa respectively, with a catchment...
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held in the British Cameroons on 11 February 1961 to determine whether the territory should join neighbouring Cameroon or Nigeria. This followed an earlier...
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Bight of Biafra (category Cameroon–Nigeria border)
Elobey Chico. Countries located at the Bight of Biafra are Cameroon, the eastern region of Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko Island and Rio Muni), and Gabon...
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Cameroons. Today, the Northern Cameroons forms parts of the Borno, Adamawa and Taraba states of Nigeria, while the Southern Cameroons forms part of the Northwest...
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Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast...
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The Cameroon–Chad border is 1,116 km (693 mi) in length and runs from the tripoint with Nigeria in the north, to the tripoint with the Central African...
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located in Central and West Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria. Cameroon is sometimes described as "Africa in...
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years ago at Shum Laka. The Bamenda highlands in western Cameroon near the border with Nigeria are the most likely origin for the Bantu peoples, whose...
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constituent province of the Republic of Cameroon. It borders the North Region to the south, Chad to the east, and Nigeria to the west. The capital is Maroua...
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also began to leave areas bordering Nigeria to escape Boko Haram violence, especially following the December 2014 Cameroon clashes. In January 2015, many...
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The Cameroon–Central African Republic border is 901 km (560 mi) in length and runs from the tripoint with Chad in the north to the tripoint with the Republic...
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Paul Biya (category Cameroon People's Democratic Movement politicians)
responsibilities included demarcating the entirety of the Cameroon–Nigeria border, facilitating cross-border cooperation and troop withdrawals from Bakassi, and...
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State of Nigeria. It was created on 28 August 1991, and its capital is Boje. The region has a contiguous border with the Republic of Cameroon and is known...
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Chappal Waddi (category Mountains of Nigeria)
located in Nigeria and, at 2,419 m (7,936 ft), is the country's highest point. It is located in Taraba State, near the border with Cameroon, on the edge...
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Zizilivakan language (category Languages of Cameroon)
Cameroon in Far North Province and neighboring Nigeria. It is one of several in the area that go by the name Fali. Zizilivékén is spoken in Cameroon by...
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Cross River gorilla (category Mammals of Cameroon)
and is restricted to the forested hills and mountains of the Cameroon-Nigeria border region at the headwaters of the Cross River. It is separated by...
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in Nigeria. The low-intensity conflict is centred on Borno State. It peaked in the mid-2010s, when Boko Haram extended their insurgency into Cameroon, Chad...
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Anglophone Crisis (redirect from Cameroon Civil War)
elongated strip of land along the border of Colonial Nigeria, consisting of Northern Cameroons and Southern Cameroons, including the historical Ambas Bay...
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Boko Haram (category 2002 establishments in Nigeria)
jihadist organization based in northeastern Nigeria, which is also active in Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, and Mali. In 2016, the group split, resulting...
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Nigeria is a country in West Africa. It shares land borders with the Republic of Benin to the west, Chad and Cameroon to the east, and Niger to the north...
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led to border incidents in the past, has been completed and awaits ratification by Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria; dispute with Cameroon over land...
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Greentree Agreement (category Treaties of Cameroon)
The Greentree Agreement is a formal treaty which resolved the Cameroon–Nigeria border dispute over the oil and natural gas-rich Bakassi peninsula. The...
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