Tuesday, August 1, 2023

China's Interests in Coup-plagued Niger

 Reuters published on 31 July 2023 an article titled "China's Oil and Uranium Business in Niger" by Andrew Hayley.

China is Niger's second largest foreign investor, mainly in uranium and oil, after France.  A Chinese company is also laying a 1,200 mile oil pipeline (63 percent complete) between the Agadem field and the Beninese port city of  Cotonou.