Transnational Issues Niger

Disputes - international:

Libya claims about 25,000 sq km in a currently dormant dispute;

much of Benin-Niger boundary, including tripoint with Nigeria,

remains undemarcated but states accept 2001 arbitration over

disputed Niger River islands; Lake Chad Commission continues to urge

signatories Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria to ratify

delimitation treaty over the lake region, which remains the site of

armed clashes among local populations and militias

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