3 American deaths highlight US military role in Niger How manyU.S. troopsare there in Niger? About 800, but the vast majority of them are construction crews working to build up a second drone base in Niger’s northern desert. The rest run a surveillance drone mission from Niger’s capita...
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-Congo 4.0%Nilo-Saharan 2.2%Indian 2.1%East Asian 0.8%Sandawe 0.6%Fulani 0.6%W. Pygmy 0.4%Hadza 0.3%American 0.2%Khoisan 0.1%Oceania 0.1%Beja BanuamirCushitic 51.4%European 31.7%Chadic 4.3%Niger-Congo 4.5%Nilo-Saharan 1.7%Indian 3.0%East Asian 1.0%Sandawe 0.9%Fulani 0.4%W. Pygmy 0.3%...
Alexander Abdo, a staff attorney and privacy expert at the American Civil Liberties Union, said the warrants were "shockingly broad" in their catch-all wording. "This is basically 'Hand over anything you've got on this person'," he said. "That's troubling as it's hard to distinguish wha...
In the most recent 12 months dominated by war, political crises and humanitarian emergencies around the globe, Chad took the unwelcome honor of being the world's most negative country. It was followed by Niger, Sierra Leone and Iraq, while Latin American nations dominated on the positive side....