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Niger junta repudiates deal allowing US military bases on its soil

Niger junta repudiates deal allowing US military bases on its soil

Spokesman for coup government stops short of calling for American personnel to leave but says their presence violates sovereignty

Niger’s ruling military junta says it has revoked with immediate effect a military accord that allows US military personnel and civilian staff on its soil.

As of 2023 there were about 1,100 US troops in Niger, where the US military operates out of two bases including a drone base known as airbase 201, built near Agadez in central Niger at a cost of more than US $100m. Since 2018 the base has been used to target Islamic State militants and Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM), an al-Qaida affiliate, in the Sahel region.

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