Russia has sent troops into an air base in Niger that is hosting American soldiers, reports say, after the country’s ruling junta ordered all U.S. forces to leave the West African nation.
Russian military personnel on Thursday arrived at an airbase in Niger’s capital Niamey, where some U.S. troops are stationed amid an ongoing withdrawal of American forces from the country ...
The Russians have been using a separate hangar on the base, known as Air Base 101, the sources said, and are not operating in the same space as the Americans. But “it is not that big of an area ...
Russian military personnel have moved into an air base in Niger that is also housing US troops, US officials said Thursday. “[The situation] is not great but in the short-term manageable,” a ...
The development comes as the U.S. worries of rising Russian influence in Africa. Russian military personnel are operating out of an air base in Niger that is still hosting a small number of ...
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A US delegation is discussing the withdrawal of its troops from military-led Niger as Washington prepares to abandon its ...