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U.S. forces have completed a troop withdrawal from Niger after the country fell to a coup in 2023 and demanded American service members exit the country, a setback for Washington in its ...
September 16, 2024 at 12:59 PM. Carley Petesch/AP/File. The US military completed its withdrawal from Niger on Sunday, US Africa Command announced in a news release. “This process began on May ...
September 16, 2024 at 3:41 PM. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Monday it had completed its withdrawal from Niger. The West African nation's ruling junta in April ordered the U.S ...
There were a little over 1,000 U.S. troops in Niger as of last year, where the U.S. military operated out of two bases, including a drone base known as Air Base 201 built near Agadez in central ...
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 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 ...
The announcement came after a visit by US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee and commander of United States Africa Command General Michael Langley. In 2023 there were about 1,100 US troops in Niger, operating from two bases, including Niger Air Base 201 built near Agadez to fly drones at a cost of over $100 million. [296]
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 ...