UN says tonnes of uranium missing from Libyan site: Reports

The United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency has said approximately 2.3 tonnes of natural uranium had gone missing from a site in Libya not under government control, according to reports by news agencies. IAEA chief Rafael Grossi told the organisation’s member states this week that inspectors reported that 10 drums containing uranium ore concentrate had gone missing and “were not present as previously declared” at the location in Libya. “ where not only Khalifa Haftar, the renegade general that has waged a war on the capital for the last several years, is in control of the security in the area, but it’s also kilometres within the reach of the Wagner group, Russia’s elite shadow army that are now also based in southern Libya for the last few years,” El Gomati said. “This is something that is a prized asset in the international market by a particular number of players and that’s what is really leading the suspicions of sinister players like the Wagner group and and volatile players like Khalifa Haftar for those scratching their heads and thinking ‘who could have done this’.” He added it is known these barrels were held in this area at least in 2011 and 2013.