Air Force Major General Kenneth Ekman said on Friday. The pullout from that base, known as Air Base 201, will likely take place in August, he said. Niger's ruling junta has given the U.S. until Sept. 15 to remove troops from its territory. In April, Russia sent military trainers to...
Europe Letter: Ireland has played a role in EU efforts to shore up fragile states of Africa’s Sahel region Thu Aug 03 2023 - 05:00 Irish aid agencies say staff are safe after military coup in Niger Western countries concerned their citizens may become trapped after soldiers detained country...
Although the GRU (Russian military intelligence) has assumed command of the former Wagner fighters in Africa, former Wagner personnel (who still form about half of the force) are still allowed to wear Wagner insignia, leading many Sahelians to still refer to Russians as “Wagner” (Reuters, Se...
Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world with minimal government services and insufficient funds to develop its resource base. The largely agrarian and subsistence-based economy is frequently disrupted by extended droughts common to the Sahel region of Africa. A predominately Tuareg ethnic...
The story of the coup in Niger becomes partly the story of what the communist journalist Ruth First called “the contagion of the coup” in her remarkable book,The Barrel of the Gun: Political Power in Africa and the Coup d’états(1970). ...
Before a coup in Niger in July 2023 led to the demand that American troops leave the country, the U.S. used two Niger airbases to fly drones on counterterrorism missions in the Sahel region of Africa.
US Africa Command said that the first of the two Hercules is due for delivery later this spring. The new hangar at Agadez will be capable of housing both aircraft, enabling their forward deployment from the type's usual home at Base Aerienne 101 Niamey/Diori Hamani International Airport. ...
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Que pourrait apporter le déploiement des Turcs sur une ancienne base française à la frontière entre le Tchad et le Soudan ?- Autre presse - 1 fevrier 2025 L’Union africaine "consternée" par le retrait américain de l’OMS- AFP - 22 Jan. 2025 ...
Africa Command described the construction of the Agadez air base as “projected to be the biggest military labor troop project in US Air Force history.” The United States has been using a local airport while the base is under construction, according to US Africa Command. CNN’s Barbara Star...