Resource Curse Sees Oil Rally Bypassing Nigeria

A public warning sign by on the River Bodo, in Nigeria’s Delta region, in 2019. — A public warning sign by on the River Bodo, in Nigeria’s Delta region, in 2019.
Photographer: YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images

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