Niger’s junta has confirmed that rebels damaged an oil pipeline carrying crude oil to neighbouring Benin. The Patriotic Liberation Front, which is fighting for the release of former president ...

A China-backed pipeline that would make Niger an oil-exporting country is being threatened by an internal security crisis and a diplomatic dispute with neighoring Benin, both as a result of last ...

The 1,930-kilometer (1,200-mile) pipeline runs from Niger’s Chinese-built Agadem oil field to the port of Cotonou in Benin. It was designed to help the oil-rich but landlocked Niger achieve an ...

illegal oil bunkering, and pipeline vandalisation in the Niger Delta region. It said the approach adopted by the military in the fight against oil theft and pipeline vandalisation in the region ...

illegal oil bunkering, and pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta region. MOSIEND said the ongoing renewed and assertive approach adopted by the military to end economic sabotage had provided the ...

A newly formed militant group, the Niger ... oil installations. Alabraba emphasised the group’s readiness to act, declaring, “Let them try it on Monday and see. We will shut down major oil ...

Nine members of an armed rebel movement seeking the release of Niger's ousted president surrendered Monday, officials in the north of the military-ruled country said.