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How Russia is winning in Africa: Wave of military coups gains Putin new allies
Salon via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoIn neighboring Burkina Faso, another former French colony, Wagner arrived after a military coup in...
US hopes to maintain some forces in Niger as talks on withdrawal continue, officials say
CNN via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoThe US is trying to negotiate an agreement with the military junta that took over Niger last July to...
Pentagon orders withdrawal of all 1,000 US troops from Niger: Report
Just the News· 22 hours agoThe withdrawal is expected to take place over several months, a U.S. official told Politico on...
Pentagon orders all US combat troops to withdraw from Niger
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 day agoNiger, particularly a U.S.-built drone base at Agadez, had been a linchpin of that strategy until the country’s military overthrew the government in a & ...
Benin blocks Niger oil exports in border row
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMr Talon accused Niger of treating its neighbour like an “enemy”. Relations between the two nations soured after the military staged a coup< ...
Chad votes in first Sahel presidential poll since wave of coups
KFGO· 6 days agoBy Mahamat Ramadane and Portia Crowe N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chadians go to the polls on Monday three...
Chad’s Military Ruler Cements Power With US Troops’ Presence on the Line
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 1 day ago(Bloomberg) -- Chad’s military ruler Mahamat Déby was declared the winner of the nation’s...
China's First Oil Shipment From Niger Stymied by Border Dispute
Rigzone· 2 days agoChina’s first shipment of crude from Niger has been blocked by a border dispute between the...
Under Joe Biden, America struggles to reassert itself in Africa
The Economist· 2 days agoAmerican efforts to nudge Sudan from military dictatorship to democracy have ended in a bloody civil...
Chad’s military ruler declared winner of presidential election, while opposition disputes the result
The Hill· 1 day agoN’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Chad’s military leader, Mahamat Deby Itno, was declared the winner of this...