China’s Sahel Gamble Falters as Insurgencies Rage
China’s Belt and Road projects have become prime targets
By: Robert Bociaga
In early 2025, Chinese engineers working on Niger’s US$4.6 billion oil pipeline to Benin were forced to flee their worksites under armed escort.
For days, convoys burned on the desert highway linking Agadem to Zinder, after the Patriotic Liberation Front (FPL), an insurgent faction splint…
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