Hundreds of Trucks Parked At Borders Stall African Trade Pact

  • Nigeria, Ghana at odds over border closures, retail curbs
  • African free-trade accord set to come into effect from 2021
Trucks wait for permission to enter Nigeria at the border in Benin on Dec. 4, 2019.Photographer: Alonso Soto/Bloomberg
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Hundreds of trucks have been parked at Benin’s border for more than a year since its eastern neighbor Nigeria abruptly curbed imports. To the west of Benin, officials in Ghana’s capital have shut Nigerian-owned stores to comply with a law that curbs foreign participation in its retail trade.