Benin pipeline dispute: Niger stops oil exports to China
Niger has stopped exporting oil to China through its pipeline to Benin’s coast. Oil Minister, Mahamane Moustapha Bako, disclosed this on Thursday, escalating an ongoing standoff between the West African neighbours. At the Agadem oilfield in eastern Niger, Bako supervised the shutdown of a section of the 2,000-km (1,243-mile) pipeline, which was meant to transport
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