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For five days, the armed forces of Togo, Benin and Nigeria will carry out joint patrols. This is the 3rd edition of the operation “Safe Domain.”

The funding brings the total amount granted to Benin to over $100 million through programmatic budget support covering 2023 and 2024 fiscal years. 

A “high-level delegation” from Niamey is in Cotonou to resolve the feud between the two neighbours after relations plunged to an all-time low following Mohamed Bazoum’s overthrow last year.

Benin’s Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni has emerged as a strong contender for the presidency of the African Development Bank (AfDB), according to a recent article in Challenges magazine.

AGL Benin and Benin Terminal, subsidiaries of Africa Global Logistics (AGL), took part in and contributed to the success of the 12th edition of Rencontres Africa 2024: the business event for success in Africa, held in Benin.

Relations between Benin and its neighbours to the north have steadily deteriorated since the military came to power in those countries.

Benin’s former presidents are in Niamey to try to ease tensions with neighbouring Niger.

Benin’s President Patrice Talon visited Brazil’s capital, Brasilia, on May 23rd, 2024, at the invitation of his counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The visit aimed to revitalize the relationship between the two nations.

Over the weekend, Niger announced that it is maintaining the closure of its side of the border with Benin, citing security fears. The country is “ready to reopen the border with Benin when we are certain that our territory is safe,” Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine said on Sunday.

Tension has been steadily building between the two West African neighbours since the military seized power in Niger last year.