The Pentagon this week formally ordered all 1,000 U.S. combat troops to withdraw from Niger, a blow to the Biden administration’s effort to counterterrorism and Russian influence in West Africa.

Johannesburg — After investing more than $1 billion in Niger over a decade, the U.S. military has agreed to withdraw its more than 1,000 forces from the West African nation over the next few months.

US and Nigerien leaders continued high-level talks Friday on plans to withdraw all American military forces from the country, a US military official told VOA. Our Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb ...

U.S. and Nigerien leaders have agreed to a phased withdrawal of American forces from Niger “as soon as it’s feasible in the coming months,” another U.S. official told VOA on Thursday.

The US is trying to negotiate an agreement with the military junta that took over Niger last July to leave behind a small contingent of US forces, even as a broad withdrawal order has been ...

Benin's president accuses Niger of treating his country like an "enemy", as tensions escalate. The Russians are said to be sharing a wing of Niger's main airport, but not mingling with US troops.

A junta spokesperson made the announcement on state television on Saturday Niger's junta has ended a military agreement that allowed US personnel to be deployed in the country. Saturday's ...

Benin has agreed to allow Niger’s crude to be exported through its port after China stepped in to mediate a dispute between the two West African neighbors. Landlocked Niger relies on an export ...

Mali said on Monday that it had killed a high-value Islamist commander who helped lead a 2017 attack in which four American and four Nigerien soldiers were killed alongside an interpreter. The U.S ...

The prime minister of Niger said neighboring Benin had violated trade agreements between the two nations and Niger’s Chinese partner by blocking crude shipments from Benin. Benin last week ...

NIAMEY, May 12 (Reuters) - Niger's Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine said on Saturday that Benin's blockade of Niger's oil exports, imposed in response to a border closure, violated trade ...