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BENIN: Talon may be key to normalisation with Niger
Most Sahelian states -- Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Chad -- are landlocked. This geographical reality imposes costs and constrains some economic possibilities. Yet the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274619
ISSN: 2633-304X
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French forces completed their withdrawal from Mali in August. The current force posture, with some 3,000 troops based mostly in Niger and Chad, will remain unchanged in the short…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273997
ISSN: 2633-304X
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WEST AFRICA: Currency change will have symbolic power
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES249621
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Mass protests took place yesterday in Niger's capital against the insurgency, while Chad's military announced training exercises with the United States to "warm up" for the fight…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB197750
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Nigeria’s land borders have been closed since August 2019, officially to check indiscriminate smuggling of goods into the country. The closures have been blamed in part for rising…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258209
ISSN: 2633-304X
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West African protectionism.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB251053
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Prospects for West Africa in 2018.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB225902
ISSN: 2633-304X
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In late August, Nigeria’s federal government effectively shut the country’s border with Benin and parts of the western border with Niger for 28 days to stop what the federal…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB246507
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Prospects for frontier economies in 2018.