On Saturday's mission to Cotonou to remove the last obstacles before the reopening of the border with Benin, the Nigerian delegation led by the Minister of the Interior announced its "non-negotiable" conditions. France is not named but its military presence near the border, in northern Benin, will have to be the subject of "total transparency" within the framework of a forthcoming defence agreement between Niamey and Cotonou, he said to the host…
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On Saturday's mission to Cotonou to remove the last obstacles before the reopening of the border with Benin, the Nigerian delegation led by the Minister of the Interior announced its "non-negotiable" conditions. France is not named but its military presence near the border, in northern Benin, will have to be the subject of "total transparency" within the framework of a forthcoming defence agreement between Niamey and Cotonou, he said to the host…