France investigates $310 million Niger uranium shipment as resource battle deepens in the Sahel
French nuclear giant, Orano, says 1,600 tonnes of uranium stockpiled before nationalisation may have been moved, prompting Paris to launch a criminal probe amid Niger junta’s push to sell strategic minerals. Orano, a French nuclear company, suspects that 1,600 tonnes of uranium stockpiles in Niger were moved without authorization. The French prosecutor has launched an…






