People keep blaming Russia as if Africans are somehow incapable of making their own decisions. The reality is Africans are tired of French neo colonialism. Niger is a perfect example. They were selling france uranium for $0.8/kg when the market price is $200. That’s Niger’s resources going to power French power plants, while the people of Niger are struggling to survive. Fuck that shit.
Any source for said price?
Edit: Better known source says it is a baseless rumor circulating on social medias
Some accounts on social media are now circulating the claim that Niger has lifted prices from €0.80 per kilogram to €200. So far, there is no evidence for this beyond themselves quoting each other. The claim seems to trace back to a small digital outlet in Nigeria. Embarrassingly, the website has been confused as being from Niger itself.
Sources (as shared by @goo@lemm.ee) : https://www.forbes.com/sites/eliasferrerbreda/2023/09/12/more-rumours-what-is-really-happening-with-nigers-uranium/
The average global price of Uranium per pound, in 2022, was $40.77 USD. Let’s convert it to kilograms.
2.205 pounds ~= 1 KG
2.205 * 40.77 = 89.89785 (~90 USD per KG)In 2022, Niger supplied 20% of France’s uranium.
Sources:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/260005/monthly-uranium-price/
Please note that I’m not taking sides; I was simply curious about the actual numbers, so I’m sharing them here in the hope that someone finds them interesting.
Questionable sites, not even going to link them. But Forbes states the following:
Some accounts on social media are now circulating the claim that Niger has lifted prices from €0.80 per kilogram to €200. So far, there is no evidence for this beyond themselves quoting each other. The claim seems to trace back to a small digital outlet in Nigeria. Embarrassingly, the website has been confused as being from Niger itself.
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Can’t take this as reliable source. It just quote another article that doesn’t even have a source linked.
Yeah, that number seems to be contested: https://www.forbes.com/sites/eliasferrerbreda/2023/09/12/more-rumours-what-is-really-happening-with-nigers-uranium/
I should have eyeballed more of the search results.
At least you looked further than some.
Ok even looking at market prices of uranium, around $80/kg, Niger is still selling at 100 times cheaper than market rates to france. That is ridiculous.
Problem is that there is no proof that Niger ever sold at this price.
Just a random news website quoting no source. No document, no testimony.
That looks an awful like a fake news trying badly to push a false narative, at least to me.
The 0.8/kg is quite well documented, not just a single source.
Considering I never saw those documents, mind to link to some of those sources?
Oh look, a reason to invade. How nice for Macron!
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You serously think Russia is playing 4D chess still, after they’ve shown to be unable to play even checkers??
… K.
Pushing Africa against the west and using brutal military contractors to secure resources is something Russia has been engaged in before Ukraine. I don’t think there actions here a 4D chess, just business as usual.
It’s 2D Red Alert
yeah I can see this connection too
Why does it have to be Russia? What if this African nation is tired of subsidizing the lifestyle of a foreign power to the detriment of its own people?
This is an interesting move by France. The Junta expelled their diplomatic staff as part of the justification that France is a neocolonial power interfering with the country. The Junta benefits because having him there cements that bit of propaganda. Hopefully the locals don’t get riled up enough to storm the place once that propaganda gets too effective.
The French version of Fortunate Son starts playing from distant loud speakers attached to France’s Eurocopter Tigers
He should have left when asked
I wonder if russia has some stakes in this…
hahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahaha
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Are you for real? What a POS. How about you say where you’re from so we can discuss your country’s war crimes.
France it is not the savior of the world, they should have left but are too colonialist and have too many business there to leave. If you are OK with what for France are trying to do here you have no stands to criticize what Russian did to Ukraine. Both were trying to justify the invasion of another country. Macron is even willing to kill his embassador to do it. There is no such things of “I disagree with the new head of state” and Europe should stop believe they have higher moral stand to choose which country is “democratic enough” to them, when you stop the colonialism and proxy wars maybe Africans can organize themselves.
I think Macron is an asshole, yet I don’t condone terrorism. These are not conflicting views.
Effectively sieging the embassy is terrorism, this isn’t about colonialism at all.
After a embassador is expelled and had his visa canceled he is not an embassador anymore, he had a time to leave but he decides to stay and became at the best an illegal immigrant, at the worst an international agent.
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