NigerUranium

The more things change, the more they stay the same . . .

On November 12, 1979, the government of the small, poor, struggling African country of Niger published a “Statement on Uranium Exports.” This rather melancholy statement issued by Mahamadou Halilou, Niger’s Minister of Information, reads, in part:

“Some organs of the press recently published a report which resembles a detective story. According to the report, consignments of uranium concentrate often disappear on the way to their destination and finally find their way to Libya and Pakistan. These allegations ...   more »