Namibia Halts Russian Uranium Exploration Over Environmental Concerns

WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA - Namibia has halted Russia's state atomic energy agency's uranium exploration over concerns about potential contamination of underground water.

Namibia is Africa's biggest producer of the nuclear fuel, the world's second, and in 2019 granted Russia's Rosatom subsidiary, One Uranium, exploration rights. But this month, Namibia's Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform refused to grant it