Niger has quit an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa's Lake Chad region as it seeks to shore up security around oil assets at home, the government said in a bulletin on ...

Niger expelled three Chinese oil executives in a dispute over disparities between the salaries of expatriate staff and ...

China has helped remake Niger's energy sector, but pay disparities and unequal employment roles have caused friction.

Niger last year signed a memorandum of understanding with CNPC worth $400 million linked to the sale of crude oil from its Agadem oilfield. The Niger junta has torn up defence agreements with the ...

The country also exports crude oil via a pipeline linking Agadem in northeastern Niger to the port of Seme-Kpodji in Benin -- although they were disrupted for several months by a spat between the ...

Niger’s partnership with China began in 2008 ... $400 million memorandum of understanding for shipments of oil in the Agadem oilfield.