Subject: Benin border disputes
Date: Aug 30, 2003 @ 20:03
Author: Jesper Nielsen ("Jesper Nielsen" <jesniel@...>)
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CIA World Factbook 2003 http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bn.html#Issues
 
two villages are in dispute along the border with Burkina Faso; much of Benin-Niger boundary, including tripoint with Nigeria, remains undemarcated, but states accept 2001 arbitration over disputed Niger River islands; several villages along the Okpara River are in dispute with Nigeria; in 2001, Benin claimed Togo moved the boundary stones - joint commission presently resurveying the boundary
 
Jesper
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