(MENAFN) United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has acknowledged the presence of Russian troops sharing a base with American forces in Niger, signaling a complex geopolitical development ...
Prior to the 2023 coup, Niger was housing a $100 million American drone base and roughly 1,000 US troops. The Russian deployment to Air base 101 in the capital Niamey puts Russian and American ...
The new leaders have ordered American and French troops out, and in some cases invited Russian mercenaries in to take their ...
The U.S.-led Flintlock operation is meant to help African forces combat terrorism - and African leaders resist "instant ...
Germany will keep its military air transport hub in Niger's capital Niamey open for now, the defence ministry in Berlin said ...
Germany will maintain its military air transport hub in Niger's capital, Niamey, following a temporary agreement with the ...
African nations make up the largest voting bloc at the United Nations and have been more divided than any other group on ...
Africa is located between América and Asia. This provides a strategic alternate air and sea routes to the Far Eat and Middle ...
Analysis - After Mali in September 2021, Burkina Faso in October 2022, Niger in March 2023, the Russian paramilitary company, Wagner, landed in Chad this April 2024. Of the five member countries of ...
The head of the United States military’s Africa Command is pushing back against Russia's efforts to broaden its influence in ...
This year’s African Lion became real-world action for members of the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, who airlifted a ...