Spotlight | Niger
Standoff between China's CNPC and Niamey junta intensifies

The Soraz refinery, thirty kilometers from Zinder, Niger, in November 2011.
The Soraz refinery, thirty kilometers from Zinder, Niger, in November 2011. © Boureima Hama/AFP
There appears to be no end in sight to the conflict between the oil major and the Nigerien government. Each side is manoeuvering to try to make the other back down first. [...]
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