GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

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Page last updated on February 13, 2013

Disputes - international:
talks continue between Benin and Togo on funding the Adjrala hydroelectric dam on the Mona River; Benin retains a border dispute with Burkina Faso around the town of Koualou; location of Benin-Niger-Nigeria tripoint is unresolved

Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 5,883 (Togo) (2011)

Illicit drugs:
transshipment point used by traffickers for cocaine destined for Western Europe; vulnerable to money laundering due to poorly enforced financial regulations (2008)

NOTE: The information regarding Benin on this page is re-published from the 2013 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Benin Transnational Issues 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Benin Transnational Issues 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.