With the taps turned off on a Chinese-funded oil pipeline from Niger to Benin, China has found itself in the middle of negotiations to solve the internal crises that are plaguing relations between the two West African nations.
China pumped billions of dollars into the building of the 2,000km (1,243-mile) Niger-Benin oil pipeline, running from the Agadem oilfield to Benin’s Atlantic coast. China…
