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Sputnik — Niger Decides to Nationalize Its Water Sector, Terminates Contract With French Company

en.sputniknews.africa Niger Decides to Nationalize Its Water Sector, Terminates Contract With French Company

The French Veolia Group, through its subsidiary Société d'Exploitation des Eaux du Niger, has been providing access to drinking water for the majority of the population of this West African country for more than 22 years.

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That French company doesn’t try to sugarcoat things, either. They’ve got “exploitation” right in the name lol!
- In French and in Spanish that's a word that is used for an activity that works with raw materials, besides the typical English meaning.
  "explotación ganadera" is a place where there's activity with animals, probably a farm.
  You might have been making a joke, then the joke's on me, but better to be sure.
  The company's name could be translated to: The corporation of Niger's water extraction.
  
  Yeah, I figured it probably had a different connotation in French, but it still made me chuckle. I didn’t know the exact meaning that you explained, though, so I appreciate it!
  
  Apparently the name exists in English too, it's just not widely used. Oxford's dictionary has it as the second meaning.
- This shit reads like satire. It's a clown world we live in.

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