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Coup-hit Niger was betting on a China-backed oil pipeline as a lifeline. Then the troubles began
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A pipeline project built with China’s support that would make Niger an oil-exporting country is being threatened by an internal security crisis and a diplomatic dispute with neighoring Benin.