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Togo vs. Burkina Faso

Transnational Issues

TogoBurkina Faso
Disputes - international

in 2001, Benin claimed Togo moved boundary monuments - joint commission continues to resurvey the boundary; talks continue between Benin and Togo on funding the Adjrala hydroelectric dam on the Mona River

adding to illicit cross-border activities, Burkina Faso has issues concerning unresolved boundary alignments with its neighbors; demarcation is currently underway with Mali; the dispute with Niger was referred to the ICJ in 2010, and a dispute over several villages with Benin persists; Benin retains a border dispute with Burkina Faso around the town of Koualou

Refugees and internally displaced personsrefugees (country of origin): 8,391 (Ghana) (2021)refugees (country of origin): 21,601 (Mali) (2021)

IDPs:

1,218,754 (2021)

Source: CIA Factbook