Prior to the 2023 coup, Niger was housing a $100 million American drone base and roughly 1,000 US troops. The Russian deployment to Air base 101 in the capital Niamey puts Russian and American ...
(MENAFN) United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has acknowledged the presence of Russian troops sharing a base with American forces in Niger, signaling a complex geopolitical development ...
The US began pulling military equipment and additional personnel out of Niger on Friday after waiting months for the ruling ...
BERLIN/ROME/NIAMEY (own report) - The German armed forces are now, for the time being at least, able to maintain a military ...
The US has begun withdrawing troops from Niger the Department of Defense has announced Read Full Article at RTcom ...
Niger's military ... the country and on Air Base 101 but said they do not anticipate Russia stepping in to fill the counterterrorism void left by the departure of U.S. troops.
The U.S.-led Flintlock operation is meant to help African forces combat terrorism - and African leaders resist "instant ...
Terrorist groups have been pushing south and staging attacks in Ghana’s coastal neighbors, Togo, Benin and Ivory Coast. A ...
According to the report, the US is seeking to redirect its efforts to countries in coastal West Africa, namely Nigeria and Ivory Coast ...
Germany will keep its military air transport hub in Niger's capital Niamey open for now, the defence ministry in Berlin said ...
From its new strongholds on the Libyan coast, Russian Kalibr cruise missiles could hit almost any target in Western Europe.
Analysis - After Mali in September 2021, Burkina Faso in October 2022, Niger in March 2023, the Russian paramilitary company, Wagner, landed in Chad this April 2024. Of the five member countries of ...