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BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese uranium company executive has been taken hostage in Niger, the government said Sunday, the latest kidnapping in Africa where China is seeking raw materials to feed its booming economy.
The official Xinhua News Agency said Zhang Guohua was abducted Friday in the region of Agadez, 460 miles northeast of the capital, Niamey.
It quoted the Chinese Embassy as saying Zhang was being held by a local Tuareg tribe, who were upset at the company's policy of employing people from the capital rather than locals.
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