Niger’s Tchiani keeps border with Benin closed, citing security concerns

Niger’s president Abdourahamane Tchiani this weekend said the country’s border with Benin would remain closed “as long as the security situation does not evolve” on the Beninese side.

The head of state spoke during a Saturday rally in Gaya, a town located just a few kilometres from the border.

He accused Benin of hosting French troops on its territory and claimed Benin was allowing Western countries to “finance and support…