HARARE, June 8. /TASS/. The US started withdrawing its troops from Niger, said Colonel Major Mamane Sani Kiaou, chief of staff of the Nigerien ground forces. "The US has officially started pulling ...

US officials said more than 1,000 of their troops stationed in Niger will leave soon. Niger's military leaders have been growing closer to Russia since seizing power in a coup last year.

The US will withdraw 1,000 military personnel from Niger, media outlets reported on Friday, marking a major gap in American military posture in West Africa. Reuters and The Washington Post ...

The State Department made no immediate public announcement and officials said no timeline was yet set to withdraw the troops. Niger was long a linchpin in the US and French strategy to combat ...

News of the Russian deployment to the airbase follows after Niger’s military rulers told Washington in March that it must withdraw the nearly 1,000 US military personnel stationed in the country ...

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