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Niger Junta Escalates Benin Border Spat Blocking Chinese Oil Exports
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 14 hours ago(Bloomberg) -- The prime minister of Niger said neighboring Benin had violated trade agreements...
Murphy's Law: Fatal Reaction to Coups in Africa
Strategy Page· 7 hours agoAugust 29, 2023: On July 26th the central African nation of Niger experienced a military takeover of the government. This was condemned by just about every government in Africa ...
Niger PM says Benin's oil export blockade violates accords
Reuters· 15 hours agoNiger's Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine said on Saturday that Benin's blockade of Niger's oil exports, imposed in response to a border closure, ...
US hopes to maintain some forces in Niger as talks on withdrawal continue, officials say
CNN.com· 2 days agoThe US is trying to negotiate an agreement with the military junta that took over Niger last July to...
Benin blocks Niger oil exports in border row
BBC via AOL· 4 days agoMr Talon accused Niger of treating its neighbour like an “enemy”. Relations between the two nations soured after the military staged a coup in ...
How Russia is winning in Africa: Wave of military coups gains Putin new allies
Salon via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIn neighboring Burkina Faso, another former French colony, Wagner arrived after a military coup in...
Pentagon orders all US combat troops to withdraw from Niger
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 days agoNiger, particularly a U.S.-built drone base at Agadez, had been a linchpin of that strategy until the country’s military overthrew the government in a coup
Pentagon orders withdrawal of all 1,000 US troops from Niger: Report
Just the News· 2 days agoThe withdrawal is expected to take place over several months, a U.S. official told Politico on...
Benin Blocks First Shipment of Niger Crude Over Border Feud
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 4 days ago(Bloomberg) -- Benin has blocked export of Niger crude from its port after the landlocked West...
China’s First Oil Shipment From Niger Stymied by Border Dispute
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 4 days ago(Bloomberg) -- China’s first shipment of crude from Niger has been blocked by a border dispute...