Niger has been home to a major U.S. airbase in the city of Agadez, some 550 miles from the capital Niamey, using it for manned and unmanned surveillance flights and other operations. The U.S. has also invested hundreds of millions of dollars in training Niger's military since it began ...
military withdrew its personnel from Niger's Air Base 101 near the airport in the capital Niamey on Sunday, ahead of its exit from a major drone base near the desert city of Agadez in the coming weeks. Niger's ruling junta in April ordered the U.S. to withdraw its nearly 1,000 ...
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After Niger, US to also pull out troops from Chad amid shifting alliances, growing Russian footprint May 1, 2024 Dozens of American military personnel will likely leave Chad in the coming days, at least temporarily, which comes days after Washington agreed to pull out ...Read More ...
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper told reporters at the Pentagon Thursday that the U.S. military would not conduct a full troop withdrawal from Africa, though an ongoing review could result in troop reductions. Lawmakers and national security experts have expressed concern over the potential reduction...
Russian military personnel have entered an airbase in Niger where some U.S. troops are located, two U.S. officials confirmed to CBS News on Thursday. Russians have been in Niger for several weeks as the U.S.negotiates the withdrawalof its troops from two airbases in the country, one of...
In recent years, the US has experienced setbacks in its military operations in Africa. American troops in Niger are scheduled to leave by mid-September after the West African country's military government terminated a security agreement. The Pentagon also announced the withdrawal of forces from Chad...
“We are working through diplomatic channels to seek clarification… I don’t have a timeframe of any withdrawal of forces.” “The US military is in Niger at the request of the Government of Niger,” said AFRICOM spokesperson Kelly Cahalan last year. Now that the junta has told AFRICOM ...
In a first in the 15-nation bloc’s nearly50 years of existence, the military juntas of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso announced in January that they decided to leave ECOWAS, accusing it of “inhumane and irresponsible” coup-related sanctions and of failing to help the...
2013. French President Emmanuel Macron announced at a press conference Thursday Feb. 17, 2022 that he is withdrawing French troops from Mali. France intends to maintain its military operations to fight Islamic extremism in other countries in Africa's broader Sahel region. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay...