4,000KM GAS CORRIDOR: NIGER'S TIANI MAKES AFRICA'S NEXT POWER SHIFT?

Описание: In February 2026, Niger’s leader Abdourahamane Tiani stood beside Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algiers to announce the relaunch of one of Africa’s most ambitious energy projects: the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP).

Just months earlier, relations between Algeria and the Alliance of Sahel States (Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso) had nearly collapsed following the downing of a Malian military drone near the Algeria–Mali border. Ambassadors were recalled. Airspace was closed. Accusations flew.

Now, the same actors are presenting a united front around a 4,100-kilometer gas corridor designed to transport up to 30 billion cubic meters of Nigerian natural gas per year through Niger to Algeria’s Mediterranean export hubs — and into Europe’s energy network.

So what changed?

This documentary investigates:

How a diplomatic crisis turned into an energy partnership

Why the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline is back on the table

What the project means for the Alliance of Sahel States

How Europe’s push to reduce dependence on Russian gas is reshaping African energy geopolitics

The quiet rivalry between the Trans-Saharan route and the Nigeria–Morocco (Atlantic) pipeline

Whether expanded gas exports will actually improve energy access and development in the Sahel

The pipeline would link Nigerian gas fields to Algeria’s Hassi R’Mel hub, connecting into existing infrastructure that already supplies Europe. Estimated at $10–13 billion, the project has been discussed for decades — but security concerns, financing gaps and political instability repeatedly stalled progress.

Now, amid sanctions, shifting alliances and Europe’s diversification strategy, the TSGP has become more than infrastructure. It is a geopolitical test case.

Can military-led governments in the Sahel convert geography into bargaining power?
Will this corridor strengthen African sovereignty — or simply reinforce export dependency?
And can such a massive project survive the security and political volatility of the region it crosses?

For Africans at home and in the diaspora, the stakes go beyond gas. The outcome may shape how resource wealth translates into power, development and autonomy in the years ahead.

Watch the full investigation and join the discussion.

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