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New oil minister ponders options for exporting CNPC crude

With Benin supporting a military intervention by ECOWAS, the Nigerien junta is looking at alternative export avenues for the crude produced by China National Petroleum Corp. All options, even the most unlikely, are on the table. [...]

Published on 22/08/2023 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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How Bazoum's inner circle deprived junta of telecoms surveillance system

The deactivation of an interception and geolocation platform by the president's loyalists in the days following the July putsch is one of the many grievances the ruling junta holds against deposed leader Mohamed Bazoum.

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Talon seeks to reassure Xi Jinping over CNPC-Agadem pipeline

The fate of the export pipeline for CNPC's crude, one of the most important potential sources of revenue for the new junta in Niamey, now lies in the hands of Patrice Talon in neighbouring Benin.

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Patrice Talon and Xi Jinping in Beijing on 1 September 2023.

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An opponent of Mahamadou Issoufou and then Mohamed Bazoum, Hama Amadou intends to take advantage of the 26 July coup to return to Niger.

Subscribers only Politics 11.09.2023

An election propaganda panel in favour of Hama Amadou, in Niamey, 16 February 2016.

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UN dashes Niger junta PM's plan to attend General Assembly

Niger's junta-appointed prime minister Ali Lamine Zeine, who informed the United Nations that he intended to travel to New York to take part in its General Assembly, has had his plan quashed by the organisation.

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Niger coup: international solar energy conference forced to look for another venue

Niger's new energy minister is not ready to host the country's first International Solar Energy Conference in October as planned. The organisers are hoping to maintain the event but are looking for an alternative venue.

Subscribers only Energy 04.09.2023

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ASECNA slashes staff benefits to offset losses due to closure of Niger airspace

The closure of Niger's airspace after the country’s coup has severely affected the revenues of Africa's air traffic control body ASECNA, whose boss Mohammed Moussa has slashed employee benefits in a bid to offset the losses.

Subscribers only Business 01.09.2023

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Why Niger coup leaves China's CNPC with cause for optimism

For executives at the Chinese state-owned company CNPC, Niger's new regime is not necessarily bad for business. The oil major now hopes to make swift and cost-effective progress on certain thorny issues dating back to the Bazoum era.

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Junta opts for technocrat Ali Lamine Zeine as PM

The coup leaders are banking on Zeine's technocratic profile to re-establish contact with international financial backers who have been unsettled by the military takeover. To carry this out, the PM can count on a strong network in several neighbouring capitals.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 17.08.2023

The prime minister appointed by the putschists, Ali Lamine Zeine, with the Chadian president, Mahamat Idriss Déby, on 15 August 2023.

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Niger coup: divided AU Peace and Security Council rejects any military intervention

Concerned about the increasing number of coups in West Africa, the African Union is trying to make its voice heard on the appropriate response to that of Niger. Chaired by Burundi, the volatile Peace and Security Council, which met on 14 August, is against ECOWAS military intervention.

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In Focus | Niger
ECOWAS, US and EU united front begins to crack

Investigative report published on 10/08/23 at 10.50 GMT - There is no longer a consensus within the West African community and its Western partners on restoring ousted President Mohamed Bazoum to power, an ultimatum that had been imposed on the coup leaders.

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Supporters of the Niger coup in a stadium in Niamey, 6 August 2023.

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Miners prep action stations in post-coup environment

Foreign mining operators in Niger are deeply concerned by the economic sanctions imposed by ECOWAS over the July coup, especially as several major projects are on the verge of being finalised.

Subscribers only Mining 07.08.2023

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Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Niger
New oil minister ponders options for exporting CNPC crude

Niger
Niger junta to inaugurate unfinished CNPC oil pipeline

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Niger's new oil boss Mahaman Moustapha Barké to attend AEW in Cape Town

Niger
How Bazoum's inner circle deprived junta of telecoms surveillance system

Benin, Niger
Talon seeks to reassure Xi Jinping over CNPC-Agadem pipeline

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Opposition leader Hama Amadou in talks to return to Niamey

Niger
UN dashes Niger junta PM's plan to attend General Assembly

Niger
Niger coup: international solar energy conference forced to look for another venue

Niger
ASECNA slashes staff benefits to offset losses due to closure of Niger airspace

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Why Niger coup leaves China's CNPC with cause for optimism

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