The U.S. has agreed to withdraw its forces from the West African nation of Niger, an official confirmed to CBS News Friday. A state department official told CBS News in a statement that in a ...

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.

The Pentagon says the United States will pull the majority of its troops from Chad and Niger as it works to restore key agreements governing what role there might be there for the American ...

China’s $400 million deal with Niger to pay for oil in advance will help the West African nation’s junta pay debt it’s accumulated since a military coup last year. China National Petroleum ...

The United States will withdraw its troops from Niger, a source familiar with the matter said late on Friday, adding that an agreement was reached between U.S Deputy Secretary of State Kurt ...

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 ...

Niger and other countries in the region are partnering with Russia instead. LONDON -- The United States and Niger are discussing plans to withdraw American troops from the West African nation ...

Protesters in Niger's capital, Niamey, call for the withdrawal of U.S. forces during a demonstration April 13. (Issifou Djibo/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) A senior U.S. Air ...

There are about 1,000 U.S. troops in Niger and about 100 in Chad. The potential withdrawal of those troops also comes as Russia is increasing its influence in Africa.

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 ...

By Eric Schmitt Reporting from Washington More than 1,000 American military personnel will leave Niger in the coming months, Biden administration officials said on Friday, upending U.S ...

(Mahamadou Hamidou/Reuters) NAPLES, Italy — The United States informed the government of Niger on Friday that it agreed to its request to withdraw U.S. troops from the West African country ...