Niger’s junta withdraws from Lake Chad anti-Islamist force
Coalition of former allies Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria fought armed insurgents including Boko Haram Niger’s ruling junta has quit a regional force fighting armed...
Category : Niger
Libya expels 600 Nigeriens in ‘dangerous and traumatising’ desert journey
Largest known deportation of people back to Niger to date comes as EU is accused of outsourcing cruelty to reduce Mediterranean crossings More than 600...
Ecowas warns of ‘disintegration’ as juntas split from west African bloc
Breakaway union by military rulers of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger exposes growing fissures within the region The Ecowas grouping of west African countries has...
Niger’s prime minister blames US for rupture of military pact
Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine says in interview that US troops ‘stayed on our soil, doing nothing while terrorists killed people’ Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, Niger’s...
US confirms Russian forces deployed to same Niger airbase as American troops
Russians in separate compound and do not have access to US forces or equipment, says defence secretary Ukraine war – live updates The US secretary...
Russian troops enter airbase in Niger where US soldiers are stationed
Move comes after west African country’s military government had told US to withdraw its troops Russian military personnel have entered an airbase in Niger that...
IS commander wanted for deaths of US forces in Niger killed in operation
Malian state forces confirm death of Abu Huzeifa, who was believed to have helped carry out 2017 attack A senior Islamic State group commander, wanted...
US to withdraw from Niger after security pact fails in strategic victory for Russia
Biden administration to rethink counter-terrorism strategy after breakdown of pact allowing US forces on soil to fight jihadists The US will withdraw more than 1,000...
Russian military trainers arrive in Niger as African country pulls away from US
West African state turned to Russia to help in fight against insurgents throwing into doubt future of operations with US Russian military trainers have arrived...
US fears Russia’s influence in Africa after Niger junta cancels security pact
Washington fears loss of bases in Niger would risk the country following its neighbours and falling under Russian hegemony US policymakers are scrambling after the...
