Niger Just Cut France Out of Its Uranium Trade: Here’s Why It Changes Everything
For over 60 years, France treated Niger’s uranium like its own—profiting massively while leaving local communities with pollution, poverty, and paltry royalties. That era is over.
In a bold move toward economic sovereignty, Niger’s new government is now exporting uranium without a single French buyer in sight—and forging deals with BRICS+ partners like China, India, Turkey, and the UAE instead.
This isn’t just a shift in trade—it’s a blueprint for how the Global South is rewriting the rules of resource control, energy security, and post-colonial power.