What happened

An explosive attack damaged a section of the China-backed Niger–Benin crude export pipeline in Tesker department. Nigerien authorities confirmed sabotage after the FPL claimed it had disabled the section. Crude exports were already entangled in a separate Niger–Benin political suspension, so the attack's independent production impact was not established.

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