Turkey top envoy goes to Niger in bid to secure uranium supplies
The trip comes after Niger’s military government withdrew mining rights from Canadian and French companies to develop uranium deposits.
De Beers chairman Nicky Oppenheimer told a Washington audience Thursday that Africa has a bright future if its leaders embrace globalization and allow the private sector to flourish. “Globalization is a huge force for good,” he said. An open and accessible world economy is vital for African growth.
“Speaking as a proud South African,” the 65-year-old Oppenheimer told members of the Council on Foreign Relations that Africa needs leaders of character, “who learn from the past and do things differently.”