April 22, 2024 • 1 min
Military leaders in the West African nation have sought closer ties with Russia since seizing power in a coup last year. The US also announced that it had agreed to close down its drone base near Agadez, in the Sahara Desert. The US has relied on Niger as its primary base for monitoring regional jihadist activity. Niger has also distanced itself from local democracies and sought stronger regional alliances with fellow junta-led nations Burkina Faso and Mali.
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