Burkina Faso
two villages are in dispute along the border with
Benin; Burkina Faso border regions have become a staging area for
Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire rebels and an asylum for refugees caught
in regional fighting; the Ivorian Government accuses Burkina Faso of
supporting Ivorian rebels
Burma
despite continuing border committee talks, significant
differences remain with Thailand over boundary alignment and the
handling of ethnic rebels, refugees, and illegal cross-border
activities
Burundi
Tutsi, Hutu, and other conflicting ethnic groups, associated
political rebels, armed gangs, and various government forces
continue fighting in the Great Lakes region, transcending the
boundaries of Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and
Uganda to gain control over populated and natural resource areas;
government heads pledge to end conflict, but localized violence
continues despite UN peacekeeping efforts
Cambodia
completed boundary demarcation with Thailand; accuses
Vietnam of moving and destroying boundary markers and encroachments,
initiating border incidents; accuses Thailand of preventing access
to Preah Vihear temple ruins awarded to Cambodia by ICJ decision in
1962; maritime boundary with Vietnam hampered by dispute over
offshore islands
Cameroon
ICJ ruled in 2002 on the Cameroon-Nigeria land and maritime
boundary by awarding the potentially petroleum-rich Bakassi
Peninsula and offshore region to Cameroon; Nigeria rejected cession
of the peninsula, but the parties have formed a Joint Border
Commission to resolve differences bilaterally and have commenced
with demarcation in less-contested sections of the boundary; 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; Nigeria agreed to ratify the treaty and relinquish
sovereignty of disputed lands to Cameroon by December 2003
Canada
managed maritime boundary disputes with the US at Dixon
Entrance, Beaufort Sea, Strait of Juan de Fuca, and around the
disputed Machias Seal Island and North Rock; uncontested dispute
with Denmark over Hans Island sovereignty in the Kennedy Channel
between Ellesmere Island and Greenland
Cape Verde
none
Cayman Islands
none
Central African Republic
internal political instabilities with
fighting and violence overlap into Chad and CAR, leaving refugees
and rebel groups in both countries; violent ethnic skirmishes
persist along the border with Sudan
Chad
internal political instabilities with fighting and violence
overlap into Chad and Central African Republic, leaving refugees and
rebel groups in both countries; Chadian Aozou rebels reside in
southern Libya; Lake Chad Commission continues to urge signatories
Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria to ratify delimitation treaty
over lake region, which remains the site of armed clashes among
local populations and militias; Chad rejects Nigerian request to
redemarcate boundary, the site of continuing cross-border incidents