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Russia has moved some troops onto an airbase in Niger where a small number of US forces remain, but Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said he doesn't see it as a significant issue. According to a US official, most American troops previously stationed at that base in Niamey have departed. 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 US troops. The order has impacted US military operations in the Sahel, a large region south of the Sahara Desert where groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group are a...
Euronews (English)
Cela s'est sans doute déjà produit par le passé, mais cette fois, l'Etat major américain a confirmé l'information : en plein conflit ukrainien, des soldats russes et américains se côtoient actuellement au Niger, ces derniers étant cantonnés sur la même base militaire, près de l'aéroport international de Niamey, la capitale. Mais comment expliquer cette situation ? Depuis le récent coup d'Etat au Niger, les Américains ont été priés par la nouvelle junte au pouvoir de quitter le pays. Le déménagement est en cours d'exécution mais il resterait quelques hommes (leur nombre n'a pas été précisé) sur...
Euronews (French)
Abidjan (AFP) - The United States is still talking with Niger about the withdrawal of 1,000 American military personnel, and decisions will be announced in the coming weeks, the US Africom commander said on Monday. There were "still discussions ... between the US and Niger, the governing body there in Niger," General Michael Langley told a press conference. "Decisions will be made public in the coming weeks," the Africa Command chief said in the Ivory Coast city of Abidjan. Niger's military junta, which seized power last July, announced in March it was ending a military cooperation agreement ...
AFP
Niamey (Niger) (AFP) - Thousands of people in Niger's capital on Saturday protested for the immediate departure of US soldiers from the north, after the military junta in Niamey said it was withdrawing from a military agreement with Washington. Following a July coup, the West African country said in mid-March that the 2012 cooperation agreement had been "unilaterally imposed" by the United States. Students and several prominent figures from the military regime were amongst the crowd in front of the National Assembly Headquarters in Niamey. The crowd was heard chanting "Down with American im...
AFP
By Boureima HAMA Niamey (Niger) (AFP) - Après les Français, les militaires américains pourraient à leur tour être chassés du Niger. Le régime des généraux au pouvoir à Niamey a dénoncé samedi "avec effet immédiat" l'accord de coopération militaire passé avec les Etats-Unis en 2012, affirmant que la présence américaine était "illégale". Rapidement après son arrivée au pouvoir lors d'un coup d'Etat le 26 juillet 2023, le régime de Niamey avait dénoncé des accords de coopération militaire avec la France et les derniers soldats français ont quitté le Niger fin décembre. Après le coup d'Etat qui a ...
AFP (Français)
By Leslie FAUVEL Lagos (AFP) - La Communauté des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (Cedeao) a décidé ce week-end la levée d'une grande partie des sanctions contre le Niger, la Guinée et le Mali, actant une volonté de reprendre le dialogue avec ces trois régimes militaires dans un contexte de crise régionale. La Cedeao "a décidé de lever avec effet immédiat" les plus lourdes sanctions imposées au Niger depuis la prise du pouvoir à Niamey d'un régime militaire qui a renversé le président élu Mohamed Bazoum en juillet, a annoncé l'organisation samedi après-midi. Dans un communiqué publié dimanche, la...
AFP (Français)
Niamey (Niger) (AFP) - The United States said Monday it will "evaluate" its next steps on the crisis in Niger after France announced a full troop withdrawal as demanded by the nation's military coup leaders. France fields 1,500 soldiers in Niger as part of an anti-jihadist deployment in the Sahel region and the United States 1,100 military personnel. "While we give diplomacy a chance, we will also continue to evaluate any future steps that would prioritise both our diplomatic and security goals," US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters in Nairobi. He stressed Washington had "not made ...
AFP
Washington (AFP) - The United States is moving some of its troops from a base in Niger's capital Niamey -- where rebel officers seized power in a July coup -- to another in the Agadez area, the Pentagon said Thursday. Washington has some 1,100 military personnel in the country, but the Defense Department says they have largely remained on bases while curtailing activities such as joint training after the military takeover in Niger. The United States "is repositioning some of our personnel and some of our assets from Air Base 101 in Niamey to Air Base 201 in Agadez," Deputy Pentagon Press Secre...
AFP
Niamey (Niger) (AFP) - Niger's new military ruler warned Saturday that any attack on the country would not be a "walk in the park", as a delegation from West African countries made a final push to find a diplomatic solution following last month's coup. General Abdourahamane Tiani -- who took power after army officers toppled Niger's president Mohamed Bazoum on July 26 -- said in a televised address that a transition of power would not go beyond three years. But he added: "If an attack were to be undertaken against us, it will not be the walk in the park some people seem to think." He spoke aft...
AFP
Niamey (Niger) (AFP) - Nigeria's president has not ruled out military intervention in neighbouring Niger after its president was ousted in a coup but believes diplomacy is the "best way forward" to resolve the crisis, his spokesman said Tuesday. Bola Tinubu, also head of the West African bloc ECOWAS, weighed in for the first time since the soldiers behind the coup in Niger defied the bloc's Sunday deadline to reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum or face the possible use of force. Meanwhile efforts by ECOWAS and the United States to parlay with Niger's new rulers have made no headway ahead of a c...
AFP
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