US approves $414M uranium investment in Niger, two years after troops left
Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3France denies Niger’s accusation it orchestrated failed military mutinylist 2 of 3Niger military government reshuffles army command weeks after deadly mutinylist 3 of 3Niger mutiny puts Russia’s expanding role in the Sahel to the testend of listThe investment could bolster US access to a strategic uranium supply at a time when Niger, the world’s seventh-largest uranium producer, is locked in a dispute with French state-backed miner Orano, which long dominated the country’s uranium sector.
The United States government has signed off on as much as $414m in financing for a uranium project in Niger, according to the project’s developer, two years after Washington agreed to withdraw troops from the African country.
In 2024, the United States agreed to withdraw about 1,000 troops after the military government, which took control of Niger in a coup in 2023, deemed their presence “illegal” and turned to Russia for security support.
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