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Thousands rally in Niger to push for withdrawal of US troops

Dawn 14 Apr 2024
An export pipeline project backed by CNPC subsidiary PetroChina was officially launched last November, linking the Agadem oilfield to the port of Cotonou in neighbouring Benin.Previously, the West ...
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Niger isolated and suspicious despite end of sanctions

Daily Times Chronicle 07 Mar 2024
Before the July coup, the Benin corridor handled 80 percent of Niger's freight through the port of Cotonou, some 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) from Niamey.�. The port is also the terminal for a giant ...
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Africa’s secret weapon: Extracting this resource will help present the continent’s true potential to the world

Russia Today 07 Mar 2024
Uranium in Africa and its significance ... However, the assets of the French nuclear energy company Orano were not nationalized – France still receives up to 30% of its annual consumption of uranium from Niger through the port of Cotonou in Benin ... .
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Niger border closed despite sanctions being lifted

Independent online (SA) 27 Feb 2024
Before the border closure, the Niger-Benin corridor handled 80 percent of Niger's freight via the Beninese port of Cotonou, some 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) from the Niger capital Niamey ... Cotonou.
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Russia and the G5 Sahel Group’s Indivisible Security Relationship

GlobalResearch 20 Feb 2024
To receive Global Research’s Daily Newsletter (selected articles), click here ... Big Tech’s Effort to Silence Truth-tellers ... *** ... Without free access to the ports of Cotonou, Lomé, Abidjan or Tema, Sahelian imports would be far more expensive ... *.
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Maintain Below N1,000/$1 for Customs, Excise Duties, Reps Tell CBN

This Day 16 Feb 2024
Abejide further stressed that due to the frequent customs exchange rate hikes, Nigerian importers were shifting towards ports in Tema, Ghana; Lome, Togo, and Cotonou, Benin Republic ... nation’s ports.
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African state lifts ban on imports targeting sanctioned neighbor

Russia Today 29 Dec 2023
Benin has lifted sanctions imposed at the behest of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) that had prevented imported goods from transiting through the autonomous port of Cotonou (PAC) to landlocked Niger.
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Nigeria’s Foreign Policy and Global Challenges under President Bola Tinubu: The Threats to National Security

This Day 24 Dec 2023
The first threat to Tinubuplomacy and threat to Nigeria’s national security interest is how to address the new decision of the Abdourahamane Tiani’s to begin crude oil export through Benin’s Cotonou port.
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Grimaldi group welcomes the Great Tema to its fleet

SAFETY4SEA 21 Dec 2023
... in April and August 2023 respectively, she will serve the ports of Amsterdam, Hamburg, Tilbury, Casablanca, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Freetown, Cotonou, Lagos, Tema, Takoradi, Abidjan and San Pedro.
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House: Nigeria Loses $7bn Annually to Inefficiencies, Poor Management of Seaports

This Day 20 Dec 2023
Ihonvbere, added that Benin Republic benefits from Nigeria’s large market, while Cotonou remains a popular importers’ haven, while huge trade cargoes are lost to Togo and other neighbouring ...
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Landlocked African state to launch oil exports – Reuters

Russia Today 13 Dec 2023
Storage tanks in the port of Cotonou should be filled by January, when the commercialization phase will start, he told Niger’s RTS channel, according to Reuters.
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This Country is About To Export its First Ever Crude Oil

Oil Price 11 Dec 2023
The commercial stage of the exports is expected to start in January from the Benin port of Cotonou, Tiani ...
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Why is Badagry a ghost town for tourists?

Business Day Online 19 Nov 2023
Badagry, Nigeria’s most popular border town, is less than 60 kilometers from Port Novo and Cotonou, Benin Republic’s political and. read more Why is Badagry a ghost town for tourists? ... .
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Benin's National Book Fair opens

Xinhua 10 Nov 2023
The 2023 edition of the National Book Fair of Benin began in the port city of Cotonou, the country's economic hub, Thursday and will run until Sunday.
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