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Islamic State extremists have almost doubled the territory they control in Mali in less than a year, and their al-Qaida-linked rivals are capitalizing on the deadlock and perceived weakness of armed groups that signed a 2015 peace agreement, United Nations experts said in a new report.

The stalled implementation of the peace deal and sustained attacks on communities have offered the IS group and al-Qaida affiliates a chance “to re-enact the 2012 scenario,” they said.

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[-] Xia@jlai.lu 1 points 1 year ago

4% of the French uranium is from Niger, not really a big supplier

[-] livus@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm willing to be corrected but I need more info. Is that what media are reporting where you are? It's not really the impression I am getting. E.g

Over the past 10 years, France has gotten 20% of its uranium from Niger, with another 27% from Kazakhstan and 19% from Uzbekistan. While the French state-owned uranium giant Orano owns three mines in Niger, it currently operates only one. Source

I mentioned France specifically because they had military cooperation agreements with Niger before the coup (as with Mali before that) and an estimated 1,500 troops there.

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