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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]
The top U.S. general is making a rare trip to Africa to discuss ways to preserve some of the U.S. presence in West Africa after Niger decided to kick out the U.S. military in favour of partnering ...
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.
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 ...
The U.S. will remove all its forces and equipment from a small base in Niger this weekend and fewer than 500 remaining troops will leave a critical drone base in the West African country in August ...
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 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 could begin withdrawing troops from Niger in the coming weeks, according to two US officials, which would mark a significant change to the American military presence in the country ...