Strengthening ties with Russia as it pulls back from Western allies, Niger has deemed US troops’ presence ‘illegal’.
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.
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 ...
About 1,000 U.S. troops are still in Niger, mostly on an airbase near Agadez. (Carley Petesch/AP) Editor’s note: This story was updated May 19 at 5:23 p.m. E.T. with details from a briefing by ...
The US and Niger have agreed that American troops will leave the country "no later" than 15 September, they announced in a joint statement on Sunday. They said the two countries had "reached a ...