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Algeria denies French military aircraft passage to Niger (www.newarab.com)
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[โ€“] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Could be two or more global powers in one of Niger locks down uranium exports for long enough โ€“ or even just racks up the price. Geopolitically, bringing Nigerien uranium into China's orbit at the same time as bringing Afghan lithium into China's orbit is going to have a ripple effect eventually. Hard to predict more than that.