The disaster on the border between Benin and Niger continues to worsen, and discussions have reached an deadlock. The 2 international locations blamed one another.
President Tallon has pressured the opening of land borders, or at the least the Nigerien authorities have formally declared them closed as an exception for oil till the transit of Nigerien oil restarts from the port of Semi-Kpoji. Niamey closed it for security causes.
Confronted with this stalemate, Benin despatched an emissary to Niamey, however he was rejected. Questioned, Niger’s Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zaina criticized Benin’s method, during which Benin police have been tasked with searching down its representatives from the port of Semi-Kpoji. A mediation assembly was held in Niamey final week on the initiative of the Chinese language firm Wapco. However no frequent floor appears to have been discovered but.
In November 2023, Niger opened a large oil pipeline that may make it doable to move crude oil mined from the Agadem deposit within the southeast to Benin.
