Cameroon–Nigeria relations troops from the two countries will cross into Nigeria and fight Boko Haram in collaboration with Nigerian forces." Cameroon–Nigeria relations This article details the foreign relations between Cameroon and Nigeria. For a few years, relations between Cameroon and Nigeria have intensified over issues relating to their 1,600-kilometer land boundary, extending from the Lake Chad to the Bakassi peninsula, and boundary into the Gulf of Guinea. The issues that are involved are rights over the oil-rich land and the fate of local populations. For example, as Lake Chad dried up due to desertification, local populations relying on the lake for their
Geography of Chad same location. Similar temperature rises were also reported in Niger, which began to enter a famine situation. On 26 July the heat reached near-record levels over Chad and Niger. Area: <br>"total:" 1.284 million km² <br>"land:" 1,259,200 km² <br>"water:" 24,800 km² Area - comparative: <br>Canada: smaller than the Northwest Territories <br>US: slightly more than three times the size of California Land boundaries: <br>"total:" 6,406 km <br>"border countries:" Cameroon 1,116 km, Central African Republic 1,556 km, Libya 1,050 km, Niger 1,196 km, Nigeria 85 km, Sudan 1,403 km Coastline: 0 km (landlocked) Maritime claims: none (landlocked) Elevation extremes: <br>"lowest point:" Djourab Depression