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Nigerien leader blames US threats for break in military ties
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 days agoNiger’s prime minister blamed the U.S. for the deterioration of relations between the two countries...
Benin provisionally reverses ban on oil exports from Niger
Reuters· 10 hours agoBenin has provisionally reversed its decision to block exports of crude oil from Niger via its port and agreed to hold a meeting between the two countries, the West African ...
Benin blocks Niger oil exports in border row
BBC via Yahoo News· 7 days agoNiger from using its port to export its first crude oil, as a border dispute rages between the two nations. President Patrice Talon's government is...
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...
China's First Oil Shipment From Niger Stymied by Border Dispute
Rigzone· 6 days agoBenin barred exports of the fuel from its port after junta-led Niger refused to open its land border...
How Russia is winning in Africa: Wave of military coups gains Putin new allies
Salon via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIn neighboring Burkina Faso, another former French colony, Wagner arrived after a military coup in...
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...
Opinion | Why Russia Seeks to Dominate Africa
The Wall Street Journal· 2 days agoPutin makes money and evades sanctions in a continent the U.S. disdains.
Under Joe Biden, America struggles to reassert itself in Africa
The Economist· 7 days agoIt has patently failed to stop the spread of coups across a belt stretching from Guinea in the west...
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...
