Niger is facing a dangerous escalation in armed conflicts linked to the oil sector after a group opposed to the ruling military junta announced an attack on an oil pipeline funded by the Chinese company PetroChina.

This pipeline extends a distance of about two thousand kilometers from the Agadem field in Niger to the coast of the Republic of Benin, with a capacity of up to 90 thousand barrels per day and is part of a deal worth $400 million with the Chinese National Petroleum Corporation.

These attacks come in a complex context, as Niger has witnessed increasing political and security tensions since the July 2023 coup.

The National Liberation Front, which was formed after the coup, stated that the goal of its attacks was to pressure Chinese partners to cancel the oil export deal.
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The African Parliament approved the “Food Security” Law to reduce famine on the African continent, during the sessions of its third session held in the city of Midrand in the Republic of South Africa.

Youssef Al-Fakhri, a member of the House of Representatives and a member of the Agriculture, Rural Economy and Natural Resources Committee of the African Parliament, stressed that the issuance of this law at this time is considered an important event in view of the conflicts that many African countries are going through, which are the main reason for the destruction of resources and the increase in famine and suffering among the peoples of the continent. African.

Al-Fakhri explained that armed conflicts and internal conflicts contribute significantly to the exacerbation of the famine problem by destroying agricultural and food resources.
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