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On 16 March 2024, Niger's government announced that it was breaking off "with immediate effect" its military cooperation agreement with the United States. [17] On 7 July 2024, the U.S. completed withdrawal of all troops from Air Base 101 , while 500 remaining troops left Air Base 201 on 5 August.
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III taking off from the Air Base 201. The United States constructed Niger Air Base 201 in the city of Agadez after the Nigerien government granted approval for the base in 2014. After several years of construction, the base began operations in 2019 and has since became the central hub U.S. operations in Niger ...
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 ...
The United States military has completed its withdrawal from air base 201 in Niger, officials said on Monday, after Niger's ruling junta ordered nearly 1,000 U.S. military personnel to leave ...
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. to withdraw its nearly 1,000 military personnel from ...
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 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 attack was the deadliest single incident Niger's military has ever experienced. [41] On 9 January 2020, a large group of IS-GS militants assaulted a Nigerien military base at Chinagodrar, in Niger's Tillabéri Region. At least 89 Nigerien soldiers were confirmed to have been killed in the attack, with more casualties suspected, making it ...