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On April 19, the U.S. Department of State agreed to pull out all 1,000 US troops from the country. [63] [38] On May 15, US and Nigerien officials met in Niamey to discuss and coordinate the forces withdrawal. [64] Pentagon confirmed that US troops will complete their withdrawal from Niger by mid-September 2024. [39]
There were about 1,000 U.S. troops stationed in Niger before the withdrawal. The U.S. presence in Niger came under scrutiny in 2017 when an Islamic State ambush killed four American troops and ...
Niger had been a central hub from which the US carried out surveillance of violent extremist groups in the region, including the use of MQ-9 Reaper drones. The US also trained Nigerien troops.
The US has reached an agreement with Niger to withdraw its military forces from the African nation by September 15, according to the US Defense Department and the Nigerien Ministry of National ...
The US military completed its withdrawal from Niger on Sunday, US Africa Command announced in a news release. “This process began on May 19 following the mutual establishment of withdrawal ...
Most American troops left that base in the nation's capital, Niamey, a U.S. official said. The arrival of Russian trainers in the West African country about three weeks ago came in the wake of Niger’s decision to order out all U.S. troops. The order dealt a blow to U.S. military operations in the Sahel, a vast region south of the Sahara ...
The United States operates several military bases in Niger, including in Arlit and Agadez. [8] [9]The Central Intelligence Agency operates a drone base near Dirkou. [10]Niger is an important partner for the United States in the fight against terrorism in West Africa and is a member of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. [11]
The US is trying to negotiate an agreement with the military junta that took over Niger last July to leave behind a small contingent of US forces, even as a broad withdrawal order has been issued ...