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 ...

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".

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 ...