China Oil Shipment From Niger Stymied by Border Spat
- Benin blocked shipment after Niger refused to open land border
- Niger set to ship 90,000 barrel a day of oil to China in May
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China’s first shipment of crude from Niger has been blocked by a border dispute between the landlocked West African nation and its southern neighbor.
Benin barred exports of the fuel from its port after junta-led Niger refused to open its land border for goods coming from the south, Benin President Patrice Talon said on Wednesday