On Tuesday and Wednesday, the soldiers were clearing up operations near Burkina Faso’s Mai region when they were killed in a “complex ambush,” according to the statement, adding that “about 30 terrorists were neutralised.”
Niger, a landlocked country with 25 million inhabitants in one of the world’s most unstable regions, recently stated that it would stop military cooperation with the United States.
For more than a decade, Niger has been one of America’s most dependable partners in the region. The Sahel region, which runs across Africa from the Atlantic to the Red Sea, is one of the world’s largest areas with bad governance. Terrorism, banditry, human trafficking (weapons, narcotics), cattle rustling, and armed robbery have all thrived in the region.
In September 2023, Niger’s military government revised the uranium price paid by France.
According to an article published in The Spectacle, Niger, a major player in the global uranium market, has taken a risk by raising the price of uranium from €0.80/kg to €200 per kg.
According to the World Nuclear Association (WNA), Niger is the world’s seventh-largest uranium producer, and it was the second-largest supplier of natural uranium to the European Union in 2022.
This decision is expected to benefit both Niger’s economy and the global uranium market.
