Nigeria has signed the AU – African Union Niamey Convention on Cross-Border Cooperation at the ongoing 28th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa. Nigeria is the 12th country to sign the AU Niamey Convention on Cross-Border Cooperation.
The Niamey Convention, which was adopted on 27 June, 2014 aim to achieve the following objectives:
- Promote cross-border cooperation, at local, sub-regional and regional levels;
- Seize the opportunities arising from shared borders and address the related challenges;
- Facilitate the delimitation, demarcation and reaffirmation of interstate borders, in conformity with mechanisms agreed upon by the parties concerned;
- Facilitate the peaceful resolution of border disputes;
- Ensure efficient and effective integrated border management;
- Transform border areas into catalysts for growth, socio-economic and political integration of the continent; and
- Promote peace and stability through the prevention of conflicts, the integration of the continent and the deepening of its unity.