Ghana and Togo have begun repairing their boundary markers.

In the face of escalating instability and cross-border crimes in West Africa, Ghana and Togo have launched a historic initiative to restore their fast-disappearing boundary markers.

Experts from both countries will build 50 new international boundary pillars along a 40-kilometer (25-mile) span.

According to Ghanaian officials, the building of the boundary pillars has become required because some of them had deteriorated or been vandalized.

In the 1970s, the century-old markers were last renovated.

The current measure, according to the authorities, is intended to prevent boundary encroachment and may also aid in the resolution of Ghana's long-running maritime dispute with Togo in the Gulf of Guinea.

However, other residents are concerned that the practice may put them on the wrong side of the boundary.

Some of the land borders between Togo and Ghana are undetectable, with communities from both nations interacting for social and commercial purposes.

In other locations, though, there have been communal tensions.