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Africa: Niger-Benin - a Narrow Window for Diplomatic Reset
Wadagni’s election could revive trade through Cotonou’s port, where transit traffic has not returned to pre-crisis levels, officials and analysts said.
Just days before Romuald Wadagni's inauguration, the Nigerien junta is hardening its stance towards Cotonou. Its Minister of the Interior, General Toumba, is conditioning any normalization on an explicit break between Benin and France.