US EditionInternational Court Blocks Niger Uranium Sale Amid Orano Dispute
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Niamey blames the French group Orano for "taking in endless trials to stop the exploitation and sale" of its ore.
In the Orano-Niger case, the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (CIRDI) has not yet given its final decision. But this arbitration tribunal, based in Washington, has, as early as Friday 27 September, ordered the Niamey authorities not to divest the uranium stocks, which the French mining group considers to be looted, and to release the Orano representative still detained. What is the scope of this provisional order?
Niger, engaged in international proceedings with the French uranium giant Orano, accused on Saturday 27 September France of "taking in endless trials to stop the exploitation and sale" of its ore.
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