Libya–Niger border
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The Libya–Niger border is 342 kilometres (213 miles) in length and runs from the tripoint with Algeria in the west to the tripoint with Chad in the east.[1]
Description
The border starts in the west at the Algerian tripoint, just to the north of the Salvador Passage. It then proceeds in south-easterly directions, curving further to the south down to
History
The 1880s saw an intense competition between European powers for territories in Africa, a process known as the Scramble for Africa. The process culminated in the Berlin Conference of 1884, in which the European nations concerned agreed upon their respective territorial claims and the rules of engagements going forward. As a result of this France gained control the upper valley of the Niger River (roughly equivalent to the areas of modern Mali and Niger).[3] France occupied this area in 1900, declaring it the military territory of Niger, ruled originally from Zinder. Niger was originally included, along with modern Mali and Burkina Faso, within the Upper Senegal and Niger colony, however it was split off in 1911 and became a constituent territory of the federal colony of French West Africa (Afrique occidentale française, abbreviated AOF).[4]
During the
In recent years the border region has gained renewed focus, due to increasing numbers of African migrants crossing it seeking to reach Europe.[9][10] France has started to assist in policing the border in recent years given the insecurity there, from the Madama army base in northern Niger, 100 kilometres (62 miles) south of the Libyan border.[11]
Border Crossings
The main border crossing is at Tumu, Libya.[10]
See also
- Libya-Niger relations
References
- ^ CIA World Factbook - Niger, 3 November 2019
- ^ a b Brownlie, Ian (1979). African Boundaries: A Legal and Diplomatic Encyclopedia. Institute for International Affairs, Hurst and Co. pp. 127–32.
- ^ a b International Boundary Study No. 2 – Libya-Niger Boundary (PDF), 4 May 1961, retrieved 4 November 2019
- ^ Decree 7 September 1911, rattachant le territoire militaire du Niger au gouvernement général de l'Afrique occidentale française, published in the Official Journal of the French Republic on 12 Septembre 1911 (Online)
- ^ a b c d International Boundary Study No. 3 – Chad-Libya Boundary (revised) (PDF), 15 December 1978, retrieved 5 October 2019
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- ^ "Treaty of Lausanne, October, 1912". Mount Holyoke College, Program in International Relations.
- ^ "HISTORY OF LIBYA". HistoryWorld.
- ^ Search and rescue missions in Sahara Desert help 1,000 migrants, says UN migration agency, UN, 8 August 2017, retrieved 8 November 2019
- ^ a b The new European border between Niger and Libya, Open Migration, 11 May 2017, retrieved 8 November 2019
- ^ "France ready to strike extremists on Libya border". Asian Defense News. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2020.