US approves $414M uranium investment in Niger, two years after troops left

Investment could mark a turning point in US-Niger and US-Canada relations.Published On 17 Sep 202617 Sep 2026The 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.The US Development Finance Corp approved the debt facility for Canadian miner Global Atomic’s Dasa project, which the company describes as the highest-grade uranium deposit in Africa, according to a company statement on Wednesday.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.Sources briefed on the effort said US Ambassador Kathleen FitzGibbon had urged Washington to rebu...