French President Emmanuel Macron announced Sunday that France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador out of the country as a result of the coup that removed the ...

Niger’s ruling military power said it welcomes France’s decision to pull its troops from the country, according to a statement posted to Niger’s state television, Tele Sahel. “This Sunday ...

France's ambassador to Niger Sylvain Itté and ... The US considers its military presence in Niger crucial to countering the growing influence of Russia's Wagner mercenary group in West Africa's ...

The United States is winding down its military operations in Niger ahead of a mid-September deadline agreed with the ...

In Monday's speech, Mr Macron defended France's military presence in Niger, stating that without intervention from Paris, the country would "no longer exist" with its "existing borders".

Considered by many the last island of stability in the Sahel region, Chad is in a strong position to negotiate its ...

The French military presence in Niger is "just as symbolic as it is practical - it is a reminder that France has insidiously retained a quasi-empire in Africa." According to the expert ...

At the end of May, Germany and Niger reached an interim agreement allowing the German military to continue operating ... on other Western allies such as France and the United States to turn ...

The US withdrawal from Niger kicked off in May, two months after the government said it was ending a military cooperation agreement with Washington, claiming the presence of US soldiers was now ...

The Acting Governor of Niger State, Comrade Yakubu Garba, has appealed to the military to redeploy its personnel to Allawa and other adjoining communities in the Shiroro Local Government Area of ...

In a late-night news conference, a spokesman for Niger’s government — the National Council for Safeguarding the Homeland — declared the American military presence “illegal.” Nigerien ...

The U.S. handed over its last military base in Niger — one of two crucial hubs ... beat back growing jihadi insurgencies. The U.S. and France had more than 2,500 military personnel in the ...