Niger coup leader General Abdourahamane Tchiani, despite being EU's largest supplier of uranium, halts uranium and gold export to France.

Niger coup leader General Abdourahamane Tchiani, despite being EU’s largest supplier of uranium, halts uranium and gold export to France.

  • what_is_a_name@lemmy.world
    63·
    1 year ago

    If we accept the most likely angle - that it’s Putin and/or Wagner tut have been driving these Sahel coups - then cutting off Exports to France is a very logical step for the coupists - and it’s easy to see these coups as just one of many steps in Russia’s hybrid war against the western structure.

    • agitatedpotato@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      3·
      1 year ago

      Not denying any potential invomvement, but you don’t exactly need external interference to convince Africans that France is robbing them