Uranium Prices Fuel Anti-French Protest in Niger
Niger’s negotiations with French mining companies have turned into demands, threatening French energy security and heating needs.
Niger’s negotiations with French mining companies have turned into demands, threatening French energy security and heating needs.
While happy to support the Western foreign policy agenda on Ukraine and Taiwan, the Meloni administration’s anti-colonial line regarding Africa is now clashing with French strategic interests over how to respond to the Niger crisis.
EU MEPs blamed nationalist rhetoric for the cultural clash; the Indian Ministry of External Affairs said the EU would do better to look after its own internal affairs.
“Don’t forget the last colony of Africa, Western Sahara … Let us fight to free Western Sahara from oppression,” said Mandla Mandela.
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