Libya Missing Uranium: Days after the International Atomic Energy Agency reported that around 2.5 tonnes of uranium stored in Libya have gone missing, armed forces in the eastern region of the country has said that they found it, reported BBC. It sounded an alert after a visit by its inspectors earlier this week to the undisclosed site, the report added. According to BBC, the self-styled Libyan National Army’s (LNA) media head said that ten drums containing the ore were found near the border with Chad. On Wednesday, as reported by AP, Vienna-based IAEA said that its director-general, Rafael Mariano Grossi, informed member states about the missing uranium. BBC mentioned in the report that the LNA, which claims to have found the uranium, is a coalition of military units, local, tribal and Salafi militias.

Source: Libya Today March 17, 2023 06:59 UTC