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Benin-Niger oil export row flares again
Tensions between neighboring West African nations Benin and Niger are escalating amid a deepening dispute over oil exports. This latest flare in tensions comes as Niger accuses Benin of kidnapping five of its nationals. Benin authorities arrested the Nigerien citizens at its Seme port last week. Niger's military junta says those arrested were a team from the Nigerien-Chinese oil company Wapco Niger and included the company's deputy managing director and four other executives. Wapco Niger is a subsidiary of the China National Petroleum Corporation, China's state-owned oil company. According to the junta, the ... (full story)