Displacements in the Context of Social Crises in the Oil-Rich Niger-Delta of Nigeria and Oil-Rich Bakassi Peninsula in Cameroon

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dc.creatorFayomi, Oluyemi Oyenike
dc.date2013-02
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-27T17:38:48Z
dc.descriptionThe Niger -Delta constitutes Niger’s ―oil belt’ that lies along the Guinea coast of the country. The region sits on top of about 176 trillion cubic feet of gas and about 35.2 billion barrels of oil reserves. It also accommodates 20 million people which belong to more than 40 ethnic groups. Similarly, the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula in the Western Cameroon juts into the Gulf of Guinea. Adjacent to the border between Cameroon and Nigeria, the Bakassi Peninsula was the subject of a long distance diplomatic dispute between the two countries until 2002. The swampy Peninsula, cut by series of channels, covers an area of 50 sq km and has large untapped reserves of petroleum. Nigeria and Cameroon have disputed over the possession of Bakassi for some years, leading to considerable tension between the two countries. In 1981, the two countries were on the verge of war over the oil rich peninsula. This paper discusses both theoretical and empirical perspectives of patterns of displacement of people as a forced/involuntary migration in Nigeria and Cameroon. This perspective is based on a forcesubject- migration reasoning.
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dc.identifierhttp://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/4144/
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/handle/123456789/33190
dc.languageen
dc.publisherHorizon Research Publishing
dc.subjectJA Political science (General), JZ International relations
dc.titleDisplacements in the Context of Social Crises in the Oil-Rich Niger-Delta of Nigeria and Oil-Rich Bakassi Peninsula in Cameroon
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