The Anglophone Cameroon-Nigeria boundary: Opportunities and conflicts

African Affairs

Volumn 104, Issue 415, 2005, Pages 275-301

  Konings, Piet ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; TERRITORIAL DISPUTE;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 17844373274     PISSN: 00019909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adi004     Document Type: Article

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