Nigeria and Cameroon have actually accepted solve their long-lasting boundary conflicts beyond the court. The West African next-door neighbors, which share a 2,100-kilometer boundary from Lake Chad to the Atlantic Sea, have actually been at loggerheads for numerous years. In 2002, an International Court of Justice judgment delivered the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon. To look after the execution of this judgment, both countries’ leaders asked for the facility of the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Payment. It is with the aid of this compensation, chaired by Leonardo Santos Simao, that both nations have actually currently chosen to solve their conflicts beyond a court. According to Simao, this strategy will certainly aid both nations stay clear of the prolonged and expensive procedure of the International Court of Justice. The arrangement consists of brows through to questioned regions in north Cameroon and eastern Nigeria by the end of 2024, with strategies in conclusion the task by the end of 2025.
RESOURCE: VOA NEWS
