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Nigeria ready to reopen its land borders to trade – Finance minister

Nigeria ready to reopen its land borders to trade – Finance minister

NIGERIA is ready to reopen its land borders to trade for the first time in more than a year after closing them to try to stamp out smuggling, the finance minister said on Wednesday. Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed said those involved had learned from the closure and worked together on joint border patrols. "We will be expecting that the borders will be reopened very soon," Ahmed told journalists, explaining that the president would determine the exact date. Nigeria, Africa's largest economy, closed its land borders in late 2019 over concerns about illegal exports of price-controlled gasoline and illegal imports of…
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South Africa to allow travel from all of Africa from October 1

South Africa to allow travel from all of Africa from October 1

SOUTH Africa will allow travel from October 1 to and from all countries in Africa as well as other countries where levels of COVID-19 infections are not too high, a government minister has announced. For countries outside Africa, the government will determine whether entry is allowed depending on that country's COVID-19 infection and transmission rate, Cooperative Governance Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said. The government will prepare a list of countries from where travel will be restricted, Dlamini-Zuma said, but did not specify when the list will be published. Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma briefs media on COVID-19 level 2 regulations, 17…
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