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Niger shut its border with Benin when the military seized power two years ago, hitting trade - Copyright AFP/File Sai Aung MAIN Niger shut its border with Benin when ...

Nigeria has announced the "partial closure" of its border with Benin to clamp down on the smuggling of goods, above all rice, into the country. The West African powerhouse is targeting "massive ...

In a renewed effort to enhance border management and strengthen regional cooperation, the Nigeria Customs Service, Kebbi Area Command, has deepened its bilateral relationship with the Benin Republic ...

Dozens of baskets brimming with newly-picked tomatoes gently rot in the sticky heat, becoming the latest casualty in a bout of trade tension between Benin and Nigeria. Left to rot: Part of a tomato ...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Benin Republic Customs Administration on Monday moved to digitalise and harmonise cross-border trade with the launch of the SIGMAT connectivity between the ...

A Nigerian woman, Doris Gomba Obarine, has completed a 27-day cross-border trek from Ghana through Togo and the Republic of ...

Nearly two years after Niger's military seized power and the border with Benin was shut, tensions over security, sovereignty and French influence have hardened into a stand-off throttling trade and ...