Benin News News Benin » Trade: Benin and Niger Weigh Border Reopening as Businesses Eye Trade Revival
A planned reopening of the Benin-Niger border could revive one of West Africa’s busiest trade corridors linking the Gulf of Guinea to the Sahel. Road transport, logistics, wholesale trade, ...
News Benin » Trade: Benin grants citizenship to slave descendants as it faces its own role in the trade
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — When Nadege Anelka first came to the West African country of Benin from her home island of Martinique, a French overseas territory in the Caribbean, the 57-year-old travel agent ...
News Benin » Trade: Niger-Benin border standoff deepens as trade collapse bites
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 ...
News Benin » Trade: Nigeria, Benin Republic open dry port trade office in Kano
Nigeria and Benin Republic on Wednesday jointly opened the Tsamiya Dry Port Trade Office in Kano State. The commissioning was held at the new office, located at No. ‘A’ Magaji Rumfa Road, GRA Kano.
News Benin » Trade: Benin sits in middle of a market of 500 million people
Term President of the African Union (AU) and President of Benin, Thomas Boni Yayi said Benin stood in the middle of a market of 500 million people. Speaking at the Turkey-Benin Trade and Investment ...
News Benin » Trade: Benin grants citizenship to slave descendants as it faces its own role in the trade
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Some African Americans are among those are taking advantage of a new law in Benin that grants citizenship to those who can trace their lineage to the slave trade. It’s part of ...
News Benin » Trade: Niger-Benin border standoff deepens as trade collapse bites
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 ...