Paris has vowed to protect its interests in the country, which cut off supplies of the critical material after a coup
Rachel Marsden Aug 1, 2023 READ
French President Emmanuel Macron was quick to react to a domestic conflict happening 6,000km away from Paris, saying that France would respond immediately to any violence towards French interests in the wake of a coup in the former French colony of Niger. What could it possibly be about uranium-rich Niger that has Macron so worried?