Subject: Re: Benin border disputes<br/>
Date: Aug 31, 2003 @ 12:20<br/>
Author: acroorca2002 (&quot;acroorca2002&quot; &lt;orc@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1879196409">--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, &quot;Jesper Nielsen&quot; <br/>
&lt;jesniel@i...&gt; wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; CIA World Factbook 2003 <br/>
 </span></blockquote><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bn.html#Issue">http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bn.html#Issue</a><br/>
s<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; <br/>
&gt; two villages are in dispute along the border with Burkina Faso; <br/>
 </span></blockquote>much of Benin-Niger boundary, including tripoint with Nigeria, <br/>
remains undemarcated<br/>
<br/>
well it is wet tho <br/>
so no surprise<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://home.worldonline.dk/jesniel/border/african_tripoints.htm#b">http://home.worldonline.dk/jesniel/border/african_tripoints.htm#b</a><br/>
jneng<br/>
<br/>
, but states accept 2001 arbitration over disputed Niger River <br/>
islands; several villages along the Okpara River are in dispute <br/>
with Nigeria; in 2001, Benin claimed Togo moved the boundary <br/>
stones - joint commission presently resurveying the boundary <br/>
<blockquote><span title="qreply"> &gt; <br/>
&gt; Jesper<br/>
&gt; --<br/>
&gt; Borderbase - your online guide to international borders<br/>
&gt; <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nicolette.dk/borderbase">http://www.nicolette.dk/borderbase</a> </span></blockquote></div>