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Significance
Relations among ECOWAS leaders are increasingly strained, after Guinean President Alpha Conde last month closed his country’s border with Guinea-Bissau, Senegal and Sierra Leone.
Impacts
Intermittent border closures could impede the economic recovery of affected countries.
This would also negatively impact on the progress of the prospective Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
Recent trade-related tensions between Ghana and Nigeria are unlikely to lead to a full-blown, protracted diplomatic row.
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