Vive la Françafrique ! Who Benefits from #Niger's Uranium ?
▻http://multinationales.org/Vive-la-Francafrique-Who-Benefits
France needs Niger’s uranium, while Niger needs French assistance. But the relationship is and always has been unequal. This article was originally published by Think Africa Press. All rights reserved. Reposted with permission. Last December, as negotiations dragged on between the Nigerien government and the French state-owned mining company #Areva over royalties, the latter suddenly stopped production. At the time, Niger had been demanding a better deal for its uranium for over a year and (...)
/ Niger, #France, Areva, #Extractive_Industries, #Nuclear_Energy, #Extractive_Industries, #extractive_industries, #influence, environmental (...)
#environmental_impact
« ▻http://thinkafricapress.com/niger/vive-la-francafrique-nuclear-colonialism-uranium-areva »
« ▻http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZVlzpwjhGqgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Politics+of+francophone »
« ▻http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02589000120104035?journalCode=cjca20%23.UvTbCHd_t8c »
« ▻http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/being-nuclear »
« ▻http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=M1ADcyrp9mEC&pg=PA171&lpg=PA171&dq=France+and+the+New+Imper »
« ▻http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/projects/debt/oilcrisis.html »
« ▻http://thinkafricapress.com/ivory-coast/felix-houphouet-boigny-ivory-coasts-father-independence »