Who exactly is benefiting from China’s oil pipeline projects in Niger and Benin?

Affected residents in Benin were paid less than USD 4 per square meter

Originally published on Global Voices

Oil export workers at the Seme port in Benin holding Benin, Chinese, and Niger flags. Image from Présidence du Benin. Free to use. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Following the discovery of significant oil reserves at the Agadem site in northeastern Niger, Niger and Benin agreed to build a pipeline to facilitate the transport of crude oil from the Agadem oil site to the port of Seme Kpodji in southern Benin in early 2020.