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Niger coup: Nigeria's $1.3 bn trade at risk, suffers economic blow | WION Dispatch

The closure of the border between Nigeria’s northern corridor and the Niger Republic has put $1.3 billion worth of trade at risk along the trans-Saharan road. The economic activities along the trade route are under threat after president Bola Tinubu shut the borders with the Niger Republic.