The U.S. military has hundreds of troops stationed at a major airbase in northern Niger that deploys flights over the vast Sahel region where jihadi groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group operate. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The United States scrambled on March 17 to assess the future of its counterterrorism operations … Read more
Niger’s military junta says it is severing military agreements with France, its former colonial ruler, firing some of the previous government’s key ambassadors and warning citizens of the West African nation to watch for foreign Armies and spies. A regional delegation’s efforts at negotiation quickly deadlocked. The junta’s announcement on state television late on Thursday … Read more
Niger’s new military ruler lashed out at neighbouring countries and the international community in a nationally televised speech on August 2 night and called on the population to be ready to defend the nation. In one of the few addresses to the West African country since seizing power from Niger’s democratically-elected president a week ago, … Read more