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Pentagon orders all US combat troops to withdraw from Niger
Politico via Yahoo News· 4 days 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 coup
Benin Blocks First Shipment of Niger Crude Over Border Feud
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 6 days ago(Bloomberg) -- Benin has blocked export of Niger crude from its port after the landlocked West...
Murphy's Law: Fatal Reaction to Coups in Africa
Strategy Page· 2 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 government in Africa ...
US hopes to maintain some forces in Niger as talks on withdrawal continue, officials say
CNN.com· 4 days agoThe US is trying to negotiate an agreement with the military junta that took over Niger last July to...
China's First Oil Shipment From Niger Stymied by Border Dispute
Rigzone· 5 days agoChina’s first shipment of crude from Niger has been blocked by a border dispute between the...
Niger PM says Benin's oil export blockade violates accords
Reuters· 3 days agoNiger's Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine said on Saturday that Benin's blockade of Niger's oil exports, imposed in response to a border closure, ...
How Russia is winning in Africa: Wave of military coups gains Putin new allies
Salon via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIn neighboring Burkina Faso, another former French colony, Wagner arrived after a military coup in...
Pentagon orders all US combat troops to withdraw from Niger
Politico· 4 days 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 coup
US lawmakers blamed for Georgia’s unrest
Politico· 5 hours agoAfrican ally could partner with. The U.S. officials also failed to justify U.S. troop presence in Niger, Zeine said, which is now slated to end in the...
Washington’s best play in the Sahel is cooperating with the juntas
The Hill· 5 days agoFollowing months of negotiation between the U.S. and Niger’s junta, the U.S. recently agreed to...