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View of Tamgak open-pit uranium mine from Areva Somair site in Arlit, Niger on 25 September 2013.
View of Tamgak open-pit uranium mine from Areva Somair site in Arlit, Niger on 25 September 2013. © REUTERS/Joe Penney/File Photo

Spotlight | Niger
How Emmanuel Macron's intense lobbying drove Niamey's backtrack on uranium sale

For nearly four months, the Élysée Palace has been stepping up its efforts to prevent the sale of 1,000 tonnes of yellowcake from the Arlit mine, long operated by the French group Orano. These efforts involved discreet missions to Lomé and confidential exchanges between Emmanuel Macron and Faure Gnassingbé in Paris.
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