The junta took action after accusing Orano of violating its shareholder agreement by extracting more uranium than the allowed ...

A brutal attack on a Niger army base by armed men has resulted in 34 soldiers dead and 14 wounded. The attackers, using ...

More than 200 gunmen on motorbikes have attacked a Niger army base near the border with Mali, leaving at least 34 soldiers dead, the country's defence ministry said. The attackers - described by the ...

Move marks sharp escalation in tensions between West African country’s government and state-owned French group ...

Several hundred armed men, many on motorbikes, attacked a Niger army base near the border with Mali, leaving at least 34 soldiers dead and 14 wounded, the Defence Ministry said.

Niger’s military-led government has announced the nationalization of the Somair uranium mine, previously operated by French ...

Army strongmen who have seized power in coups across Africa's Sahel region since 2020 have ramped up pressure on foreign ...

Niger’s nationalisation of Somair mine operated by Orano comes as it moves away from France and closer to Russia.

Armed men killed 34 soldiers and wounded 14 others in western Niger near the tri-state border with Mali and Burkina Faso, the defense ministry said.

Niger's military junta says it will nationalise the majority French-owned local uranium company in the latest escalation in a ...

The Nigerien Council of Ministers, on Thursday, June 19, 2025, adopted a draft ordinance nationalizing Societe des Mines de l ...

Niger plans to nationalize the Somair uranium mine, previously operated by the French company Orano, amid rising tensions ...