Last week, I was in a training class in D. C. also attended by a
Nigerian government official; we spoke of the border adjustment. He
said it stems from a decision of the ICJ in the Hague. The discussion
I see here of uncertainty in reports over how many villages each
country got must be "definitizable" by looking at the court's
decision. It's also sort of odd that the articles write of an
"agreement" - it seems they wouldn't have wound up in court if they
had an agreement.
LN
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BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Michael Kaufman
<mikekaufman79@y...> wrote:
> Yes - message 14748 which is this link:
> http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1561979,00.html
> In this news24.com story, it says 7 of Benin's
> villages are being controlled by Nigeria, while 3 of
> Nigeria's villages are under Benin's control. This is
> the opposite of Reuter's reporting, which says Nigeria
> is controlling 3 of Benin's villages and Benin 7 of
> Nigeria's.
> I wonder which one is correct.
>
> --- Brendan Whyte <bwhyte@u...> wrote:
>
> > Anyone know any more about this?
> > Brendan
> >
> > >According to a Reuters' report from Lagos of 23
> > July 2004, Benin and
> > >Nigeria will modify their land boundary and
> > "redraw" their maritime
> > >boundary. Portions of the Reuters article are
> > reproduced below.
> > >
> > >"Nigeria and its western neighbour Benin, have
> > agreed to redraw their
> > >870-km (520-mile) boundary to avert a potential
> > border row, a Nigerian
> > >official said.
> > >
> > >"Under the plan, Nigeria which is in the final
> > phase of redrawing its
> > >eastern boundary with Cameroon after a protracted
> > dispute, would transfer
> > >three villages to Benin in exchange for seven
> > villages controlled by the
> > >former French colony, the News Agency on Nigeria
> > reported on Friday.
> > >
> > >"'Both countries have agreed to begin withdrawal
> > processes from those
> > >villages to return their possessions to the
> > rightful owners,' Dahiru
> > >Bobbo, director general of the National Boundary
> > Commission told reporters
> > >after bilateral talks in the capital Abuja on
> > Thursday.
> > >
> > >"He said though there was 'no serious boundary
> > problem' between the two
> > >neighbours, the move was aimed at averting a future
> > border dispute. The
> > >West African neighbours also agreed to redraw their
> > maritime boundary. "
> >
> >
>
>
>
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