France began the evacuation of hundreds of French and European citizens from Niger on Tuesday, a day after neighbours Mali and Burkina Faso said any outside intervention to restore the ousted government would be seen as a declaration of war…
Niger Coup Leader Joins Long Line of U.S.-Trained Mutineers…
Brig. Gen. Moussa Salaou Barmou, who trained at Fort Benning, Georgia, helped oust Niger’s democratically elected president…
Pentagon Expands Permanent Africa Presence with $110M Drone Base in Niger…
Signaling what will be a major uptick in US drone activity across western Africa, US African Command (AFRICOM) announced Friday its airbase Agadez, Niger has gone operational, not just flying surveillance drones as was originally expected, but also armed combat drones. Flights from the base, called Air Base 201, began last week and the patrols […]