What happened

MPLJ militants targeted the Niger–Benin crude export pipeline with an improvised explosive device south of Jaouro in the Agadem oil zone, the second of two pipeline attacks the group claimed in December 2025 (the first was on 6 December at Dibella). Some regional reporting described this as the third disruption of the pipeline in three months, with operating losses estimated in the tens of millions of dollars, though these figures were not independently verified. Damage and casualty details were not confirmed by Nigerien authorities; the marker location is approximate.

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