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US forces lose strategic African position in Niger
AFP via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoA US delegation is discussing the withdrawal of its troops from military-led Niger as Washington prepares to abandon its strategic position in the Sahel...
Pro-Turkey Syria mercenaries head to Niger to earn cash
AFP via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoLike hundreds of other pro-Turkish fighters, Omar left northern Syria for mineral-rich Niger last...
Murphy's Law: Fatal Reaction to Coups in Africa
Strategy Page· 4 days agoAugust 29, 2023: On July 26th the central African nation of Niger experienced a military takeover of the government. This was condemned by just about every ...
How Russia is winning in Africa: Wave of military coups gains Putin new allies
Salon via Yahoo News· 5 days agoBut there's no question that Wagner served Putin well in Africa for the previous five years or so....
GOP senators blast Biden admin moves in Africa as Russia looks to fill vacuum
Fox News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoSenior GOP senators are voicing concern over President Biden's Africa policy. This follows Niger and...
US lays out plans for withdrawing troops from Niger
Stars and Stripes· 1 day agoSenior Defense Department...U.S. military presence there and the nature of the two countries’ broader relationship. It comes as Niger’s prime minister,...
Pentagon orders all US combat troops to withdraw from Niger
Politico via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe U.S. announced in April that it would begin discussing plans for “an orderly and responsible withdrawal” after Niger’s military junta declared it would revoke its military ...
US hopes to maintain some forces in Niger as talks on withdrawal continue, officials say
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe US is trying to negotiate an agreement with the military junta that took over Niger last July to...
US troops’ Niger exit should spur better strategy
Stars and Stripes· 2 days agoU.S. troops are withdrawing from Niger, ending a decade of U.S. operations against local affiliates of al-Qaida and Islamic State. Niger is now turning...
Biden's Latest Policy Failure: West Africa
Newsweek· 2 days agoWhile the Biden administration's feckless foreign policy team continues to flounder in the Middle East, in sub-Saharan Africa it has invited humiliations...