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Security of Congo’s Uranium Worrying – Diplomats
Countries suspected of seeking nuclear arms may have exploited lax security in the Democratic Republic of Congo to get their hands on uranium from the giant central African state, diplomatic and intelligence sources say.
During World War Two when it was still a Belgian colony, Congo provided high-quality uranium for the Manhattan Project, the secret US [...]
Illegal uranium mining at shuttered Congo site
Uranium is being mined illegally at a site in Congo that provided the radioactive material for the US atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945, UN experts reported on Thursday.
The Shinkolobwe mine in mineral-rich Katanga province in southwestern Congo was ordered shut down by UN investigators in 2004 who found it unsafe to operate.
The investigators, [...]
