China plans to expand multi-billion-dollar energy and infrastructure projects in Niger despite a coup that toppled the country's Sinophile president, according to the ambassador overseeing one of Beijing's most audacious thrusts into Africa.
Xia Huang said China would press on with “projects of transformation” in a destitute country with valuable reserves of oil and uranium.
The military coup that removed Mamadou Tandja from Niger's presidency in February marked the first abrupt change of leadership in one of China's main African allies. These are the countries where Beijing has reached agreements to exchange cash and infrastructure for natural resources.
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