China has helped remake Niger's energy sector, but pay disparities and unequal employment roles have caused friction.

Niger expelled three Chinese oil executives in a dispute over disparities between the salaries of expatriate staff and ...

Open Letter to Ms Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen, President of European Commission. Madam President, 1. It is with deep ...

The officials were Niger-based directors of the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), the West African Oil Pipeline Company ... governments in the restive Sahel region – including ...

Since the start of March, Niger Republic has been grappling with an unprecedented fuel shortage. The once flourishing smuggling of Premium Motor Spirit or petrol from Nigeria to Niger Republic has ...

Sudan's military has recaptured the Republican Palace in Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), marking a ...

Why Sudan is a Global Strategic Location Sudan’s geographic position at the crossroads of North Africa, the Sahel ... s proximity to oil-rich Gulf nations and its pipeline connections to ...

The incident took place in the locality of Dankassari, targeted an oil pipeline in southwestern Niger, highlighting the rising tide of sabotage in the Sahel. This incident—the tenth this year—not only ...

It is crossed by a 2,000-kilometre (around 1,200-mile) pipeline that transports Niger oil to Benin. While the perpetrators have not been identified, the attacks were similar to jihadist raids that ...