France decided to withdraw 1,500 soldiers from Niger by the end of the year.
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France decided to withdraw 1,500 soldiers from Niger by the end of the year.
French intelligence and security expert Vincent Crouzet blurts out in his TV program that "after withdrawing its ambassador from Niger, the Paris administration will have more peace of mind and can accelerate its covert destabilization activities."
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France does not have the power to against the world police.
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Niger is a battle royale. Nearly everybody there is armed.
From soldiers to the tribes along with the terrorists. Everybody is out there for their own taking.
They make crips and the bloods look like boys scouts.
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We are still watching the trailer... If international attention doesn't shift fast the situation will deteriorate further with no point of return. While ISIS and Al-Qaeda are making peace and finding mutual grounds the situation is further destabilized by the internal politics of the countries of the region. They don't understand that this time Wagner will not be able to stop the threat. Let alone Wagner but even western intervention will take years to bring stability. The French will be their smallest problem. I don't want to be a bad prophet but the situation is extreme.
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A lot of the people in Niger dont like Westerners or Europeans in general.
Even if Niger is a broken country a lot of them hate the French in particular.
Lots of African countries despite the broken situation they are in are actually rejecting any kind of Western help because they believe it comes with strings attached and are only there for the resources.
French have commited numerous atrocities in Niger and it is not easily forgotten some of their tribal elders skulls are still in French Museums.
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France air force leaving
The Foreign Ministers of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso made a joint statement and announced that they agreed to establish the Confederation, whose goal is the Sahel Federation.
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Looks good on paper but there is a high chance this federation will not work.
Due to tribalism and differences.
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Insha'Allah this will lead to more Sahel states joining, creating an anchor of stability for prosperity and development. A good step towards ending colonialism in the region.
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Morocco is ready to place its road, port, and railway infrastructure at the disposal of these sister countries 
Niger junta revokes military accord with United States
Niger’s ruling military junta has revoked with immediate effect a military accord with United States that allows US military personnel and civilian staff from the Department of Defense on its soil, junta spokesman Colonel Amadou Abdramane said on Niger’s national television.
The US operates a drone base in northern Niger.
Following the reported Failure of Negotiations over the last week between Members of the Niger Military Junta and Senior U.S. Diplomatic and Military Officials, the Junta has announced the Immediate End of any Cooperation Agreements between Niger and the United States including the Agreement which allowed the Establishment of 2 Major U.S. Air Force Bases within the Country; Air Base 101 near the Capital of Niamey and Air Base 201 in the City of Agadez which are both Strategically Important Bases for USAFRICOM and Drone Operations against Islamic Terrorist Groups in Africa.
Whistleblower Says US Is Putting Troops in Danger by Refusing to Leave Niger
The Biden administration’s refusal to withdraw from Niger despite an order from the post-coup government to leave has put US troops in the country in danger, a senior Air Force leader said in a letter to Congress that was obtained by The Washington Post.
The whistleblower said that senior officials at the US Embassy in Niger have “intentionally suppressed intelligence” to maintain the “facade of a great country-to-country relationship” as the US is trying to figure out a way to maintain its military presence.
The Nigerien government, known as the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP), said in March that it was severing military relations with the US and that the US presence was no longer legally justified. US officials have claimed they didn’t receive an order to exit the country.
“It is clear that the country of Niger does not want a permanent military presence in the country and they have informed us that we need to leave. At the same time, there are approximately 1,100 US Military Service Members in the country who are essentially being held hostage from returning home to their families while the State Department continues with failed diplomacy by not communicating with the country of Niger on what their withdrawal plans will look like,” the whistleblower said.
Nigerien officials recently held talks with US officials and said that the US would submit a plan to “disengage” troops from Niger. But the US side refused to comment on the talks and did not confirm that they agreed to submit a withdrawal plan.
Since the July 23 coup that ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, US troops in Niger have been on orders to “sit and hold.” The whistleblower said that US personnel have had their deployments extended because Niger is not approving new visas for troop rotations. The airman said that all “US forces were scheduled to end a six-month deployment early this month when relief forces arrived.”
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) said at a congressional hearing on Tuesday that he spoke with US Army soldiers in Niger and described a similar account. He said there are “Army soldiers right now in Niger who aren’t getting their troop rotations, who aren’t getting their medicine, who aren’t getting their supplies, who aren’t getting their mail.” Criticizing Army leaders at the hearing for not taking the situations seriously, Gaetz said, “And the two senior people in the United States Army are sitting before me, and it’s like ‘hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil.'”
The whistleblower said that the US actions in Niger “have potential implications for our bilateral relations with other Partner Nations and the safety of our personnel in the region.”
The whistleblower is based at Air Base 101 near the capital Niamey, but most US personnel are stationed at Air Base 201 in Agadez, a facility that cost over $100 million to build and acts as a hub for US drone operations in West Africa. The US does not want to give up such a significant drone base but has also been preparing for the possibility of getting kicked out. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this year that the US was in talks with other West African states to base drones on their territory, including Benin, the Ivory Coast, and Ghana.
Whistleblower Says US Is Putting Troops in Danger by Refusing to Leave Niger - News From Antiwar.com
The Biden administration's refusal to withdraw from Niger despite an order from the post-coup government to leave has put US troops in the country in danger, a senior Air Force leader said in a letter to Congress that was obtained by The Washington Post. The whistleblower said that senior officials…
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