Niger's oil officially flowed on April 22 in the Niger-Benin pipeline, with the arrival of the first drops at the Sémé Kraté terminal station. But the decision of the Beninese authorities not to transport the product has

Benin prohibits ships from loading Nigerien oil. politique Beninese analyst David Morgan said that this decision by Benin is based on the principle of state sovereignty and on the fact that the Nigerien side has kept its border closed with his neighbor. The latter believes that “this could be part of a logic of reciprocity that would aim to encourage the Nigerien side to open its borders so that the populations on both sides can regain the dynamic of exchanges that existed for a long time

According to Régis Hounkpè, a geopolitical analyst, this blockage in Benin “will certainly exacerbate tensions, but it is not interesting for Niger or for Benin to continue in this process”.