French nuclear group Orano is to stand trial in Paris over claims it failed to protect staff from a 2010 Al-Qaeda kidnapping ...

A French uranium mining company accused of partial responsibility for jihadists abducting some of its employees in Niger in 2010 is to be tried, sources following the case told AFP.

Niger plans to nationalise a uranium mine operated by French nuclear firm Orano as it continues to pivot away from former colonial ruler, France. The company, which is 90 percent owned by the French ...

The West African countries are facing deadly violence from jihadist groups, but their armies are also accused of crimes ...

Niger's militia junta has stated a list of grievances with the French company Orano, which owns a controlling stake in one of its largest uranium mines. Niger's ruling junta militia announced plans to ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Niger’s military junta has revoked the diplomatic immunity of France’s ambassador and ordered police to expel him from the West African country, according to a statement from the ...

Thousands of supporters of a military junta that took power in Niger earlier this week have marched in the capital, Niamey, with many waving Russian flags and chanting the name of Russian President ...

French nuclear fuel giant Orano’s uranium mining subsidiary in northern Niger is on the verge of bankruptcy, raising alarms over future nuclear fuel supply chains amid deepening tensions with the ...

PARIS, July 30 (Reuters) - France condemned violence against its diplomatic mission in Niger and pledged to react strongly to any attack on its nationals or interests, as anti-French protests took ...

France and the EU have cut off financial support to Niger after a coup toppled the West African country’s democratically elected president. In a statement, France – Niger’s former colonial power – ...

France announced a diplomatic withdrawal and the end of its military cooperation with Niger, two months after a coup removed a pro-French president and widened the gulf between the two countries.

It is the latest in a string of deadly accidents caused by people trying to scoop up leaking petrol amid a worsening ...