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Latest updates, press releases, and media coverage on border issues

Border disputes? Let’s make boundaries irrelevant without changing them Borders In The News
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March 08, 2026 5 min read

Border disputes? Let’s make boundaries irrelevant without changing them

17 August 2021By Shivshankar MenonSouth Asia is composed of old nations in new states where nationalism is still a work in progress. Every boundary has cross-border ethnicities. These factors make our...

Nigeria, Benin plan new commission to solve cross-border challenges Borders In The News
March 08, 2026 5 min read

Nigeria, Benin plan new commission to solve cross-border challenges

Seme borderIrked by the lingering challenges affecting cross-border trade between the two countries, members of the private sector in Nigeria and the...

Ambazonian, Biafra etc: Does suppressing agitations for separation mean bottling the bomb? Borders In The News
March 08, 2026 5 min read

Ambazonian, Biafra etc: Does suppressing agitations for separation mean bottling the bomb?

By Olusegun AkinfenwaSecession related crises are fast becoming omnipresent in Africa and have led to the fragmentation and division of many nations....

Northern Corridor gets $4.4m for trade projects Borders In The News
March 08, 2026 5 min read

Northern Corridor gets $4.4m for trade projects

By Anthony KitimoThere are plans to put up 67 roadside stations to serve as rest points for truck drivers in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sud...

Would redrawing of regional borders make Uganda happy? 25 Aug 2021 Borders In The News
March 08, 2026 5 min read

Would redrawing of regional borders make Uganda happy? 25 Aug 2021

24 August 2021 By Joachim BuwemboWe Ugandans love history. This love for things past almost led us to war with Kenya in 1976. Our gallant president th...

East African telcos ink cross-border fiber network deal Borders In The News
March 08, 2026 5 min read

East African telcos ink cross-border fiber network deal

East African telcos Ethio Telecom, Djibouti Telecom and the Sudatel Group have turned their cross-border optical fiber memorandum of understanding (Mo...

Kenya–UK Border Security Pact Signals Deeper Strategic Alignment Borders In The News
February 18, 2026 5 min read

Kenya–UK Border Security Pact Signals Deeper Strategic Alignment

Kenya, 4 February 2026 - Kenya and the United Kingdom have formalised a new phase of security cooperation with the signing of a Memorandum of Understa...

Is AU willing to become the institution Africa needs? Borders In The News
February 18, 2026 5 min read

Is AU willing to become the institution Africa needs?

From an online post, a commentator asked an intriguing question: “If the African Union (AU) cannot create a single currency, a unified military, or a...

Ghana and Zambia sign visa waiver as African nations deepen open-borders cooperation Borders In The News
February 17, 2026 5 min read

Ghana and Zambia sign visa waiver as African nations deepen open-borders cooperation

The agreement was announced by Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, during President John Dramani Mahama’s state visit to Za...

Borders fall as Africa unites Borders In The News
February 17, 2026 5 min read

Borders fall as Africa unites

by SAVIOUS KWINIKAJOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – AFRICA’S long-standing dream of unity is steadily gaining momentum as more countries dismantle visa barri...