Russian troops enter airbase in Niger where US soldiers are stationed
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The Guardian ^
| 5/2/24 | Reuters
Russian military personnel have entered an airbase in Niger that is hosting American troops, after a decision by Niger’s junta to expel US forces from the country. The
military officers ruling the west African country have told the US to withdraw its nearly 1,000 military personnel, which until a coup last year had been a key partner for Washington’s fight against insurgents who have killed thousands of people and displaced millions more. A senior US defence official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters that Russian forces were not mingling with US troops but were using a separate hangar at...
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Russian Troops Enter Base Housing US Military in Niger, US Official Says
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Reuters US News ^
| 05 02 2024 | Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali
Russian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting U.S. troops, a senior U.S. defense official told Reuters, a move that follows a decision by Niger's junta to expel U.S. forces from the country. The
military officers ruling the West African nation have told the U.S. to withdraw its nearly 1,000 military personnel from the country, which until a coup last year had been a key partner for Washington's fight against insurgents who have killed thousands of people and displaced millions more. A senior U.S. defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Russian forces were...
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US troops set to withdraw from Niger, State Department official says
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CNN ^
| April 22, 2024 | Kylie Atwood, CNN
US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell met with Niger’s Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine on Friday and they agreed – after Niger’s demands – that the US would militarily withdraw from the country, according to a State Department official. In
the coming days, there will be conversations over the timeline for the withdrawal with the Department of Defense, the official said. The major drawdown will significantly impact the US troop presence on the continent of Africa, and the move comes amid serious US concerns about the country’s deepening relationships with Russia and Iran. The New York Times first reported...
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U.S. hands over $110m base to Niger junta to release 1,000 U.S. Army hostages, watches helplessly as base goes to Russia
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American Thinker ^
| 22 Apr, 2024 | Monica Showalter
Another preventable Afghanistan-pullout-like failure, because that's what Joe Biden does. oe Biden is a lucky bungler. With
no Fox News cameras around and nobody paying much attention to what was going on in Niger, a disgraceful, utterly humiliating exit of the U.S. military from that benighted country now led by a military junta, has dealt the U.S. another strategic blow, and entirely preventably. The crummy little tinpot junta now running Niger has managed to kick Uncle Sam around, much as the Taliban and Iran did, creating an accumulating pattern of lost U.S. influence. And sure enough, they got us good,...
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ANOTHER MAJOR BIDEN DISASTER: Niger’s Russian-Backed Military Junta Agrees to Release 1,000 US Soldiers After Biden Announces Plans to Abandon the $100 Million US Airbase in the Country
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Gateway Pundit ^
| Apr. 21, 2024 12:45 pm | Staff
Another Joe Biden foreign policy disaster is in the works. Joe
Biden already turned over the Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan to Taliban terrorists in September 2021. Biden abandoned Afghanistan’s Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years in July by shutting off the electricity and slipping away in the night without notifying the base’s Afghan commander, who discovered the Americans’ secret departure more than two hours after they left. The Taliban quickly took control of Bagram Air Base, which is only 30 miles north of Kabul, on August 15th and released thousands of terrorists held at its prison. The Americans and Afghans...
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US to withdraw its troops from Niger, source says
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Voice of America, Africa ^
| April19, 2024 | Reuters
The United States will withdraw its troops from Niger, a source familiar with the matter said late on Friday, adding that an agreement was reached between U.S Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and Niger's leadership. As
of last year, there were a little more than 1,000 U.S. troops in Niger, where the U.S. military operated out of two bases, including a drone base known as Air Base 201 near Agadez in central Niger at a cost of more than $100 million. Since 2018, the base has been used to target Islamic State militants and Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen,...
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Nightmare in Niger — Exclusive: Biden Administration Leaves Hundreds of U.S. Troops as ‘Hostages’ in Niger
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Breitbart ^
| 4/18/2024 | Kristina Wong
Hundreds of U.S. troops are effectively being held as “hostages” in Niger with medical supplies running low — stuck between the military junta-controlled government’s demands for them to leave and the Biden administration’s refusal to let them go home after the end of their deployments, according to a report prepared by Rep.
Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and obtained exclusively by Breitbart News.
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News Summary-Intelligence Report Thursday 4/11/2024 Newsdump Thursday US-Israel Iranian Attack Narrative Continues, Russian Instructors Weapons Arrive In Niger, Mass Anti-Draft Protest In Israel, O.J Simpson Dead
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Nextrush Free ^
| 4/11/2024 | Nextrush/Self
One Biden Administration official saying famine is underway in Gaza... In Iran yesterday a blistering sermon from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. "Western Civilization" singled out... The dramatic US-Israeli narrative about an Iranian attack on Israel as intense as ever...A conversation tonight between US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and... The Russia military
in Syria says its continuing to strike jihadist... The expansion of the Anti-China AUKUS military alliance...may include South Korea, Canada and New Zealand... Russian military instructors with weapons systems arriving in the African nation of Niger... Concern among LGBTQ health experts about the spread of "Mpox" in the...
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America's $280 Million Military Mission in Niger Ends in Failure
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Reason ^
| March 19, 2024 | Matthew Petti
Air Base 201 in Niger was the U.S. Air Force's largest construction project in history: a massive drone center that cost American taxpayers $280 million. Thanks
to a change in the Nigerien leadership, Americans may have to give up that investment for good. Niger's new nationalist government, which took power in a coup d'etat last year, has been trying to get rid of foreign military presence in the country. Over the weekend, Nigerien Col. Amadou Abdramane ordered U.S. troops out of Air Base 201, declaring on television that "the American presence in the territory of the Republic of Niger is...
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US Military Operations Across the Sahel Are at Risk After Niger Ends Cooperation
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Newsmax ^
| March 17, 2024 | Associated Pressti
The United States scrambled on Sunday to assess the future of its counterterrorism operations in the Sahel after Niger's junta said it was ending its yearslong military cooperation with Washington following a visit by top U.S. officials. The
U.S. military has hundreds of troops stationed at a major airbase in northern Niger that deploys flights over the vast Sahel region — south of the Sahara Desert — where jihadi groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group operate. Top U.S. envoy Molly Phee returned to the capital, Niamey, this week to meet with senior government officials, accompanied by Marine...
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Russia and Niger Agree to Develop Military Ties, Moscow Says
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U.S. News ^
| 1/16/2024 | Reuters
Russia and Niger, under military rule since a coup last year, have agreed to develop military cooperation, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. According to Russian news agencies, Russian Deputy Defense Ministers Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and Alexander Fomin met Niger's junta-appointed Defense Minister Salifu Modi on Tuesday. "The parties noted the importance
of developing Russian-Niger relations in the defense sector and agreed to intensify joint actions to stabilize the situation in the region," - the ministry said, adding that it aims to continue dialogue on "increasing the combat readiness" of Niger's military.
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U.S. Senate votes down bill to withdraw troops from Niger (86-11!)
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Reuters ^
| Oct 26 | By Patricia Zengerle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly rejected legislation that would have forced President Joe Biden to withdraw U.S. troops from Niger, a West African nation where military officers seized power in July. The measure was rejected by 86-11. The
United States formally declared this month that there had been a military coup d'etat in Niger, which results in officially suspending assistance, but U.S. officials said there were no plans to change the U.S. troop presence in the country. Republican Senator Rand Paul, who sponsored the legislation, argued that the troops were improperly deployed without congressional approval and...
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Letters to the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate on Intent to Terminate the Designation of the Central African Republic, the Gabonese Republic, Niger, and the Republic of Uganda as Beneficiary Sub-Saharan African Countries
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whitehouse.gov ^
| 10-30-23 | JoJo the Demented CircusBoy
In accordance with section 506A(a)(3)(B) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2466a(a)(3)(B)), I am providing advance notification of my intent to terminate the designation of the Central African Republic, the Gabonese Republic (Gabon), Niger, and the Republic of Uganda (Uganda) as beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries under the African
Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). I am taking this step because I have determined that the Central African Republic, Gabon, Niger, and Uganda do not meet the eligibility requirements of section 104 of the AGOA. Specifically, the Government of the Central African Republic has engaged in gross violations...
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RAND PAUL: There are 1,000 U.S. Soldiers In Niger Who Need To Come Home Right Now
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The Federalist ^
| Oct 26 | Sen. Rand Paul
By a vote of 86-11, the Senate overwhelmingly rejected legislation Thursday night to bring home U.S. troops currently engaged in hostilities in Niger. It should not go unnoticed that Congress never voted to send troops to Niger in the first place. So
much senseless violence. So much death and destruction. Shouldn’t we at least avoid wars of choice? Shouldn’t we at least not go looking for trouble in every corner of the planet? With the Middle East on fire, what sense does it make to have more than 1,000 U.S. troops in Niger? Does it make sense to station more...
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France to begin troop withdrawal from Niger this week
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Reuters ^
| October 5, 2023 | Reuters Limp Staff
France will begin withdrawing its troops from coup-hit Niger this week after President Emmanuel Macron said last month he refused to be "held hostage" by the putchists and was ending military cooperation with the West African country. The
decision to pull 1,500 troops from Niger leaves a gaping hole in Western efforts to counter a decade-long Islamist insurgency. It also deals a huge blow to French influence in the Sahel and could allow Russia to expand its sway over the region's vast, insecure scrublands. In a statement on Thursday, the French Armed Forces Ministry said the troops would return to...
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France Yellow Vests Week 255: Macron Proposes Autonomy For Corsica, Le Pen Sees Humiliation In Niger Pullout, Today's Protests
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Nextrush Free ^
| 9/30/2023 | Nextrush/Self
Late Wednesday evening about Midnight French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced that Article 49.3 of the 1958 "Fifth Republic" Constitution would be invoked for the 12th time since President Emmanuel Macron was unable to secure a majority in last year's legislative elections... On Thursday President Emmanuel Macron in Corsica the homelands of
Napoleon Bonaparte proposing autonomy for the always restive region. Macron broaching ideas like use of the Corsican language in a bid to appease nationalists who have controlled local offices on the island since 2018... Last Sunday night Mr. Macron announced that France's ambassador and soldiers were pulling out...
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Niger gives US ambassador 48 hours to leave country - AFP
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https://www.jpost.com ^
| 9/8/23 | Reuteurs
Niger has given the US ambassador to the country 48 hours to leave, AFP reported on Friday. The new US Ambassador to Niger Kathleen FitzGibbon only arrived in the capital, Niamey, earlier this month.
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What's happening in Niger and who is Moussa Salaou Barmou?
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Wash Examiner / Sen. Rand Paul ^
| Sept 5 | by Christopher Tremoglie
In 2017, there was an ambush that led to four U.S. soldiers dying. In
July 2023, there was a military coup in Niger that overthrew the government. One of the coup’s leaders was Moussa Salaou Barmou, a person trained by U.S. forces. Following the coup, Barmou was named the new military chief of staff. “U.S. service members have been stationed in Niger for about a decade, ostensibly to train, advise, and assist Nigerian forces,” Paul wrote. “One of those individuals trained by the United States, Moussa Salaou Barmou, is one of the coup leaders who toppled the duly elected government...
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Rand Paul has questions for the Pentagon over its training of the leader of recent coup in Niger
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POLITICO ^
| Sep 5 | POLITICO
LETTER TO LLOYD AUSTIN The Kentucky Republican, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, referenced Brig. Gen Moussa Barmou, the American-trained commander of the Nigerien special operations forces who helped oust Niger’s democratically elected president. “Under
what authorities, and or what purpose did U.S. forces provide training to Moussa Salaou Barmou or any other Nigerien forces and coup leaders who overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum,” Paul wrote in the letter. He also asked for descriptions of which forces in Niger received security aid and support, which legal authorities were used and what steps the Pentagon is taking to ensure U.S.-supplied...
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News Summary-Intelligence Report Sunday 9/3/2023 Newsdump Holiday Weekend More Troops Sent To Monitor French Base In Niger, Ukraine's Defense Minister Fired, Israel Mulls Tough Measures Following Police Fight With Eritrean Migrants
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Nextrush Free ^
| 9/3/2023 | Nextrush/Self
The new military government in Niger increasing the military presence outside the French base in the capital city of Niamey... In Sweden two arrests with ten others detained as violence broke out at a Quran burning in the southern city of Malmo... A lockdown continues at the Stillwater Prison in Minnesota tonight...
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky firing his defense minister... Air strikes from the US-led coalition in Syria early Sunday morning in the Al-Tanf Region... Iraqi security forces deployed in the northern city of Kirkuk... At least 25 civilians killed in two days of warfare in Khartoum, the capital city...
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