French justice confirmed on June 10, 2026 the holding of a criminal trial for the French nuclear giant Areva, suspected of having underestimated the al-Qaeda threat, thus making possible the kidnapping in 2010 of five French people, a Malagasy and a Togolese, near the Arlit uranium mine in Niger. Maître Olivier Morice, lawyer for ex-hostage Pierre Legrand, says he is “satisfied” but “regrets […] that the prosecution […] is delaying the outcome of the procedure”.