(MENAFN) United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has acknowledged the presence of Russian troops sharing a base with American forces in Niger, signaling a complex geopolitical development ...

Prior to the 2023 coup, Niger was housing a $100 million American drone base and roughly 1,000 US troops. The Russian deployment to Air base 101 in the capital Niamey puts Russian and American ...

The US began pulling military equipment and additional personnel out of Niger on Friday after waiting months for the ruling ...

BERLIN/ROME/NIAMEY (own report) - The German armed forces are now, for the time being at least, able to maintain a military ...

Niger and the United States have agreed to withdraw American troops from Niger by Sept. 15, emphasizing mutual efforts, ...

According to the report, the US is seeking to redirect its efforts to countries in coastal West Africa, namely Nigeria and Ivory Coast ...

Niger's decision to ask for the removal of U.S. troops came after a meeting in Niamey in mid-March, when senior U.S.

In the shadow of the 9/11 attacks, the United States rushed troops and military aid to a swath of West Africa to help French ...

Germany will keep its military air transport hub in Niger's capital Niamey open for now, the defence ministry in Berlin said ...

Niger’s rejection of military ties with the United States follows the withdrawal of troops ... base in Agadez in the future, and whether Russian advisers and perhaps even Russian air forces ...

The U.S.-led Flintlock operation is meant to help African forces combat terrorism - and African leaders resist "instant ...

China, France, and Spain are the largest extractors of uranium in Niger. China is also the single largest harvester of ...