Blue People, Yellowcake

A nomadic, West African people are threatened by lucrative uranium mining.

By Stefan Simanowitz

On Dec. 19, Canadian U.N. diplomats Robert Fowler and Louis Guay, and their driver, Soumana Mounkaila, were abducted in Niger. No information has emerged as to who is behind their disappearance. In mid-January, four European tourists were kidnapped on the Mali-Niger border. These incidents point [RETURN TO ARTICLE]