Niamey, Niger – AFP US troops have completed a withdrawal from their base in Niger’s capital of Niamey and will fully depart from Agadez in the north before a September 15 deadline set by the country’s military rulers, both countries said Sunday. Niger’s military leaders scrapped a military cooperation deal with Washing...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – France on Thursday said that it will start withdrawing its troops from Niger “this week.” “The disengagement of military personnel and military assets deployed in Niger begins this week. This maneuver is intended to bring back all the military personnel by the end of the year,” the French Armed Forces Ministry [&hel...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Pentagon said on Thursday it is repositioning some of its personnel and assets in Niger but the move is being made “out of an abundance of caution.” Deputy spokeswoman Sabrina Singh, speaking at a briefing, said that personnel and assets are being relocated from Air Base 101 in Niamey to Air […]
ANKARA (AA) – Niger’s military administration has cut off electricity to the French Embassy in the capital Niamey, multiple reports on social media said Sunday. The country’s leadership has also taken similar action at the French consulate in Zinder, the reports said. The president of the National Support Committee for the National Counc...
