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Jannik Schritt, « Petro-Democracy: Oil, Power and Politics in Niger », Anthropologie & développement, ID : 10.4000/anthropodev.760
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In 2008, Niger signed an oil contract with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) over the Agadem oil block located in the far eastern region of Diffa; and in 2011, they inaugurated the country’s first and only oil refinery near Zinder, the second biggest city, situated in the country’s south-east. While the inauguration had been planned as a major celebration to mark the coming of oil, it soon became a highly contested political event. That day, with new President Mahamadou Iss...