Nigeria Signs the AU Niamey Convention on Cross-Border Cooperation

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.

Niamey convention

The Niamey Convention, which was adopted on 27 June, 2014 aim to achieve the following objectives:

  1. Promote cross-border cooperation, at local, sub-regional and regional levels;
  2. Seize the opportunities arising from shared borders and address the related challenges;
  3. Facilitate the delimitation, demarcation and reaffirmation of interstate borders, in conformity with mechanisms agreed upon by the parties concerned;
  4. Facilitate the peaceful resolution of border disputes;
  5. Ensure efficient and effective integrated border management;
  6. Transform border areas into catalysts for growth, socio-economic and political integration of the continent; and
  7. Promote peace and stability through the prevention of conflicts, the integration of the continent and the deepening of its unity.