Nuclear geopolitics. Shifting sands along Africa’s Uranium Road
... the United States Department of Energy, the Emirates have the world’s seventh largest natural gas deposits but investment in sophisticated techniques are required to process it into liquid natural gas, which can be offered by Algeria, Russia, France and the United States, among others. Will Russia play an expanded role in across the Maghreb and in the Sahel regions of Africa? The threat potential in and around the Tindouf camps and elsewhere in southern Algeria continues to grow. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has met three times with Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra over the past six months, most recently ...