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Benin has blocked exports of Nigerien crude oil from its Port Seme in retaliation for Niger keeping its southern border closed to Beninese goods. What You Need to Know An ongoing border dispute between the nations has hampered China’s effort to receive its first shipment of Nigerien oil, for which it constructed a purpose-built pipeline. The Niger-Benin Oil Pipeline (NBEP) was...

The United States government has today donated four fuel trucks, spare parts, and supplemental items, worth over $2 million USD, to the Beninese Armed Forces as part of the United States’ ongoing effort to strengthen its relationship with the West African nation. What You Need to Know: US Ambassador to Benin Brian Shukan, while attending the donation ceremony alongside Beninese Chief...

What You Need to Know: US Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Linda Greenfield announced during a press conference in Georgetown, Guyana today that Benin has offered up to 2000 troops to supplement a Kenyan force to be deployed in Haiti. During the press conference Greenfield stated, “during a bilateral discussion with the Haitian Prime Minister Henry, as well as meetings...