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ECOWAS delegates in Gambia to douse border tension with Senegal

Xinhua, April 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has sent a delegation to Gambia and Senegal, two west African nations that have plunged into a border tension for months.

The delegation, led by senior ECOWAS customs official Saliouf Tiemtore, were discussing with the Gambian officials on how to ease the tension that erupted between the two bordering West African nations.

"We are in Banjul on a fact-finding mission and will be going to the borders to get first-hand information before proceeding to Senegal; and in Senegal, we will also talk with the relevant authorities in that country in order to find amicable solution to the border impasse", Tiemtore said.

The delegation will leave Banjul on Tuesday for Dakar.

The two countries have closed their borders since February this year, and a lot of business transactions have been effected.

Commercial trucks with goods from Gambia are not allowed to go through Senegal to neighbouring countries, whilst Senegalese trucks have boycotted the Gambian route. Enditem