A.f.a.i.k. the only sanctioned countries were Mali, Burkina-Faso, and Niger :
This video(, in french), says that Niger(, 189/191 in the h.d.i. index,) is responsible for 25% of the uranium’s imports of the European Union, and renogaciated the price from 41€/kg to 61€/kg in 2007(, the market price is 180€/kg !). That’s neo-colonialism.
And i don’t know what kind of working conditions these miners must live with.
The previous government has failed, the new one can’t be worse.
And also :
Lloyd Austin already has the name of a Victorian era colonizer, he probably has the racism and appetite for violence too.