With Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani announcing his leadership of Niger and the country’s constitution dissolved in this week’s coup, there’s growing concern over Nigerien uranium mines operated by the national firm Sopamin, and the mines operated or funded by companies in France, China, South Korea and beyond. Canada’s Global Atomic, for…
Laureen is the editor of Africa Times
News outlets based in the United States say they have confirmed the authenticity of a letter from the Somali government, appealing for U.S. military assistance to stop a resurgent al-Shabaab from mining uranium and passing it on to Iran. Both the Fox News network and Voice of America (VOA) say…
Ghana has now converted the fuel at its only nuclear research reactor in Accra, successfully completing an international project meant to replace the use of high enriched uranium (HEU) to low enriched uranium (LEU) fuel. The three-year effort completed last week makes Ghana the first of five countries outside of…
For the second time in a week, an earthquake has affected an African nation that’s not usually associated with strong or frequent seismic activity. This time, a 4.7 magnitude quake struck Wednesday night in the remote reaches of Niger, about 230 kilometers from the ancient city of Djado. There were no…