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The White home announced Friday that the U.S. armed forces would be withdrawn from Niger in the coming months, which is at the same time a humiliating defeat for Real Power and a welcome non-interventionist triumph for American taxpayers. This decision followed Niger's declaration of mid-March, which ended military cooperation with the United States.
Following Niger's announcement, U.S. military men tried in vain to save relationships. It's worth $110 million, Air Base 201. which New York Times described as "the most strategical military resource of the Pentagon in Sub-Saharan Africa". It is said to be a key counter-terrorism base and at the same time Main node of drone operations in the region.
American-Nigerian relations deteriorated importantly with the July 2023 coup r. who overturned president Mohamed Bazoum for the military junta. The fresh government was increasingly curious in Russia, which sparked bitter complaints from American officials. The situation deteriorated even more erstwhile westerninterviewAccusedNigeroengage in secret talks to give Iran access to uranium.
In a March statement, the junta spokesman, Colonel Amadou Abdramane, said: "Niger regrets the intention of the American delegation to deny the sovereign Nigerian nation the right to choose partners and types of partnerships that can truly aid them fight terrorism."
The Russians can take the keys to Flight Base 201.. By bringing with them an air defence system, last week the country arrived over 100 Russian instructors.
According to Russian state news service Ria Novosti Russian personnel are part of the African Corps,a fresh paramilitary structure to replace Wagner Group, a military company whose mercenaries and operations spread in Africa under Yevgeny Prigozin, who died in a plane crash last year. - I'm sorry.New York Times
On public demonstrations Nigerians were seen waving Russian flags and shouting slogans condemning American imperialism. Russian flags have become even a trendy component to exhibit in everyday life, symbolizing a serious geopolitical transformation. "Russian flag became a symbol of opposition in West Africa, associated with anti-Western and anti-French attitudes" Kyle Walter, head of investigation at Logically, said New York Times.
Indeed, Niger is not the only country in the Sahel region to warm up against Russia. Burkina Faso and Mali besides asked president Putin to aid fight ISIS and al-Qaeda rebels. As Andrew Korybko explained in Substack, The Pentagon is likely to decision to Côte d'Ivoire – besides known as Côte d'Ivoire - where his drones will be welcome in French bases. "An additional presence in Senegal cannot be excluded eitherbut nothing will be decided until the late elections are heldpresidentialwhich will take place this month" - he added.
W Niger has about 1,100 U.S. troops stationed. In 2017, members of legislature were amazed to learn that soldiers and airmen were stationed there. They learned about it in the worst possible way: after 4 US Army peculiar Forces soldiers were killed there after they ambushed ISIS militants.
Even uberhawk and South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham had no idea. I did not know that there were 1,000 soldiers in Niger," he said in Meet programthePress. "Next week, they'll tell us why they were there and what they were doing."
Last October, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul presented a bill that would force Biden to retreat US forces from the country. "If we are going to send someone's boy or daughter to a abroad country, if they are going to hazard their lives, legislature should vote for their presence" – said Paul in Talk to defence News. "It's ruled by a military junta commanded by a man we trained here in the field of democracy". His bill was rejected by 86-11 votes.
