Niamey, Niger, July 29, 2025 (AFP) - Russia wants to mine Niger's uranium, energy minister says

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2025-07-29
Russia wishes to mine uranium in Niger, a top source of the radioactive metal ruled by a military junta friendly to the Kremlin, Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev has said. Since the junta took power in a 2023 coup, Niger has turned to Russia, which commands the world's largest arsenal of atomic weapons, for help in fighting the west African country's jihadist insurgency. Arguing that Niger should benefit more from being the world's seventh-largest......
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