Follow the money ....The French invasion of Mali

Intro by Innocent Chia

For the professed critics of The Chia Report who have been hailing the French invasion of Mali as an altruistic act to save Mali from "extremists Islamists, Touareg and al-Qaeda", the writing is now clear on the wall. The French raided Mali and inserted itself in a purely domestic affair because of French economic interests. President Francois Hollande was in Mali to guarantee French investors that its construction of Nuclear plants and furtherance of the French strategic enerygy independence policy, severely undermined by the implosion of Japanese nuclear plants, was not going to be deterred by anyone, much less a bunch of Africans. Very smart people are making the misleading and factually inaccurate argument that the Uranium deposits are not in Mali, that they are in Niger. The fact of it is that the resources are buried in the border of both Niger and Mali, and all the actors are fighting from all sides to secure it. This war is not about governance. It is about economic interests of the West, not the plight of the people.

Niger is the world's fifth-largest producer of uranium

Read the BBC story...

France protects Niger uranium mine

Niger has confirmed that French special forces are protecting one of the country's biggest uranium mines.

President Mahamadou Issoufou told French media that security was being tightened at the Arlit mine after the recent hostage crisis in Algeria.

French company Areva plays a major part in mining in Niger - the world's fifth-largest producer of uranium.

Islamist militants kidnapped five French workers from the mine in Arlit three years ago.

Four of them are still being held - along with three other French hostages - and it is believed they could be in the north of Mali close to where French troops are battling al-Qaeda-linked militants.

Asked if he could confirm that French special forces were guarding the uranium mine, President Issoufou told channel TV5: "Absolutely I can confirm.

"We decided, especially in light of what happened in Algeria... not to take risks and strengthen the protection of mining sites," he added.

France's Agence France-Presse news agency said a dozen French special forces reservists were strengthening security at the site.

Areva gets much of its uranium from the two mines it operates in the country, at Arlit and Imouraren.

Last month, at least 37 foreign workers were killed when Islamist militants seized a gas plant at In Amenas, eastern Algeria.

Comments

[Francis Njung]

African countries are an easy prey for Western dominance and UN verbiage;while Syria is still under Assad even before the Libyan Crisis came up. Is it dominance in power parity in Africa or polarisation of the East and West in the Middle East?

[Fellix]

It is true that the French will not go to Mali for free. So, we should stop blaming the West all the time and forget about the part we Africans play to underdevelope Africa. If you make yourself a BANANA, then Monkeys will eat you. We have allowed ourselves to be exploited. If we are smart, these guys will not be able to exploit us. The fact that the West suggests, does not mean that you must always accept their suggestions. Our African leaders are corrupt, power hungry, greedy and foolish.

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This is so sad the French people are here to help give them jobs and livelihood and what did they do kidnap them bully them how will other nations aid if you guys be like that think think