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Pro-Turkey Syria mercenaries head to Niger to earn cash
AFP via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoLike hundreds of other pro-Turkish fighters, Omar left northern Syria for mineral-rich Niger last...
US troops’ Niger exit should spur better strategy
Stars and Stripes· 2 days agoNiger, ending a decade of U.S. operations against local affiliates of al-Qaida and Islamic State. Niger is now turning to Russia for help. In a brazen (...
US hopes to maintain some forces in Niger as talks on withdrawal continue, officials say
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe US is trying to negotiate an agreement with the military junta that took over Niger last July to...
Murphy's Law: Fatal Reaction to Coups in Africa
Strategy Page· 3 days agoThis was condemned by just about every government in Africa and beyond. The only American military presence in Niger are two UAV bases, one in central & ...
US threats led to rupture of vital military ties, Nigerien leader says
Stars and Stripes· 2 days agoA crucial military relationship between the United States and its closest West African ally, the...
Pentagon orders all US combat troops to withdraw from Niger
Politico via Yahoo News· 6 days agoBut U.S. officials have... Department directed the roughly 1,000 U.S. troops in Niger to leave the country over the next several months, according to a U.S. official...efforts ...
Biden's Latest Policy Failure: West Africa
Newsweek· 2 days agoIn March, the government of Niger, a military junta that overthrew that country's democratic government in July 2023, demanded that the United States...
Pentagon orders withdrawal of all 1,000 US troops from Niger: Report
Just the News· 5 days agoThe withdrawal is expected to take place over several months, a U.S. official told Politico on...
GOP senators blast Biden admin moves in Africa as Russia looks to fill vacuum
Fox News via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoSenior GOP senators are voicing concern over President Biden's Africa policy. This follows Niger and...
US troops in standoff in African nations as Cold War-like tensions take hold on continent
Fox News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoA standoff is said to exist between Washington and the military juntas running Chad and Niger, who...