* Dakar - West Africa regional bloc to mediate in Senegalese trucker boycott of Gambia, now in its 9th week
-- Trucks carrying goods for Senegal’s southern region take longer but cheaper way round, than a shortcut across The Gambia, costing it custom revenue... Senegal said it’s waiting for a regional delegation to help resolve a truck drivers’ boycott of Gambia which is entering its ninth week, starving its smaller neighbour of customs fees... Senegalese truckers’ unions announced the boycott in February, following Gambia’s decision to increase tariffs at its two main ferry crossings to 400,000 CFA francs ($685) per truck... Senegal surrounds Gambia on three sides, with Gambia cutting a wedge through Senegal from the Atlantic Ocean to the interior... Trucks carrying goods for Senegal’s southern Casamance region no longer pass through Gambia by ferry but prefer to take a national highway around the country...
Dakar, Senegal - Mail & Guardian Africa, by MALICK CISSE - 11 APR 2016Labels: borders troubles, trucking industry news worldwide
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