The Ivorian government has decreed the reopening of land borders from Wednesday, February 15, at midnight.
Nearly three years after the Covid-19 pandemic, Ivory Coast is reopening its land borders, government spokesman Amadou Coulibaly announced on Wednesday following the Council of Ministers meeting.
The borders will be open from midnight on Wednesday to Thursday.
The West African country had closed its maritime, air and land borders in March 2020 as the whole world barricaded itself in the face of the health crisis.
Although maritime and air borders had reopened a few months later, land borders remained closed.
Ivory Coast shares borders with Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana, forcing millions of people from these countries living in Ivory Coast to use clandestine routes to reach these countries.
"We are now controlling clandestine transit routes, we invite all travelers to use official routes from now on," said Amadou Coulibaly.
