Musa told reporters in Maiduguri, the state capital of Borno that the troops had engaged the militants in a long gunfight as they attempted to flee through the confluence of the Yobe River and Komadugu Gana River, connecting the border with the Niger Republic. The troops also recovered motorc...
The U.S. has roughly 800 military personnel temporarily deployed to Niger, and rough 6,000 military personnel spread across the continent, according to U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). Many of those troops are there to support African partners, alongside allies like France, with the goal of i...
Niger has played a central role in the U.S. military's operations in Africa's Sahel region, and Washington is concerned about the spread of jihadist violence where local groups have pledged allegiance to al-Qaida and the Islamic State groups. Young boys gather on top of a car while display...
"It's a lot different than Somalia [1993-94]," said Sullivan, who had served in Op- eration Re- Sullivan store Hope in eastern Africa. "It's like the peo- ple want us to be here and help out." For Team Niger, the exercise called Flintlock 05 continued Thursday with a 15-hour...
"Terrorism has been consolidating...in Africa" and this is why troops should be moved to Niger, Gentiloni explained in his speech, which was posted on the government's website. He also pointed out that Italy is not backing down on its commitment to refugee rights. For example, Italy has...
The Defense Intelligence Agency has assessed that the ambush was perpetrated by ISIS in the Greater Sahara, an ISIS affiliate in West Africa. It's still unclear why it took over 36 hours to recover Sgt. La David Johnson's body from the battle space. The official told ABC News that Johnson...
In Africa CAP is seen by most ozone officers interviewed as either supporting the work of other agencies (mostly UNDP), Secretariats and bilateral agencies (GTZ, France, Canada, Japan) or conducting joint activities in a large number of countries, for example with UNDP (Burundi, Cape Verde, ...
Ekman, who serves as the director for strategy at U.S. Africa Command, is leading the U.S. military withdrawal from the small base at the airport in Niger's capital of Niamey and from the larger counterterrorism base in the city of Agadez. He said there will be a cer...
Until recently, Washington considered Niger a key partner and ally in a region swept by coups in recent years, investing millions of dollars in the Agadez base, which has been critical to U.S. counterterrorism operations in the Sahel. The United States also has invested hundreds of millions ...
The security forces are intensifying aerial and ground patrol in the country's northeast, extending their offensive mission around the Green Belt Region near Niger and Chad. Boko Haram has killed more than 20,000 people and displaced 2.3 million others since their insurgency started in 2009.Editor...