Pivoting East, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Partnering with Russia on the Sahel’s First Shared Satellite
Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger are betting that space technology can help close some of the Sahel’s most stubborn development...
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Niger-France Fallout: How the 2025 Uranium Rupture Reshaped Families, Power and the Sahel’s Economic Future
By 2025, the relationship between France’s flagship nuclear group and Niger’s ruling junta had reached an irreversible breaking point. What...
CNPC Defies Niger’s Junta, Keeps Drilling Oil Flow, Despite Rising Tensions
In the sun-scorched plains of Niger’s Agadem basin, the pumps have not stopped humming. China’s state-owned oil giant CNPC, continues...
Russia Moves to Displace France in Uranium-Rich Niger with Nuclear Power Proposal
For decades, Niger’s uranium has lit up French homes while Niamey itself was left in the dark. Today, that paradox...
New ECOWAS Chairman initiates moves to bring Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger back to the bloc
Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio, who assumed the rotating chairmanship of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)...
Niger’s military government seizes control of industrial gold mine from Australian operator
Niger’s military government has announced the nationalisation of the country’s only industrial gold mine, accusing its Australian operator of “serious...
Niger opens investigation into $5 million sale of Martian Meteorite found in Agadez region
NIGER’S government has ordered an official investigation after learning that a rare Martian meteorite discovered on its territory was recently...
