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In 1960, Cameroon and Nigeria acquired independence from France and Britain respectively, and they established bilateral relations in the same year. [1] [2] On 6 February 1963, they signed an "Agreement of Friendship and Cooperation", a trade agreement, and a memorandum of understanding on the cross-border movement of persons and goods. [3]
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Delimitation of international boundaries in the vicinity of Lake Chad, the lack of which led to border incidents in the past, is complete and awaits ratification by Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria; dispute with Nigeria over land and maritime boundaries around the Bakasi Peninsula and Lake Chad is currently before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), as is a dispute with Equatorial ...
The National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons [a] was formed in 1944 by Nnamdi Azikiwe and Herbert Macaulay. [2] [3] Herbert Macaulay was its first president, while Azikiwe was its first secretary. [4] The NCNC was made up of a rather long list of nationalist parties, cultural associations, and labor movements that joined to form NCNC. The ...
Since independence, with Jaja Wachuku as the first Minister for Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations, later called External Affairs, Nigerian foreign policy has been characterised by a focus on Africa as a regional power and by attachment to several fundamental principles: African unity and independence; capability to exercise hegemonic influence in the region: peaceful settlement of ...
After the independence of both Nigeria and Cameroon in 1960, [2] [3] the status of British Cameroons was unclear. A United Nations-sponsored and supervised plebiscite took place the following February resulting in the northern part of the territory voting to remain part of Nigeria, while the southern part voted for reunification with Cameroon. [2]
Cameroon, [a] officially the Republic of Cameroon, [b] is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea , Gabon , and the Republic of the Congo to the south.