Nigeria: Balancing Economics and Security On the Nigeria-Cameroon Border

The two countries must cooperate to stop Boko Haram from taking advantage of open borders to revive their operations.

On 27 January, the governors of Borno in Nigeria and Cameroon’s Far North Region inaugurated a livestock market in Banki, once a major hub of cross-border trade between the two countries. The Amchidé-Banki border post, like several others between Cameroon and Nigeria, was closed in 2014 at the height of Boko Haram activity in the region.

In early 2014, the violent extremist group…