Talon seeks to divide the peoples of Togo and Benin

President Patrice Talon is shutting down one border crossing after another between villages on the Benin-Togo border, building veritable walls of granite blocks. Village populations and families are separated on either side of the border, prevented from accessing their fields, and all trade is blocked. With these closures, Talon is seeking to turn people against each other, our correspondents report.

Correspondents