Niger Junta Severs US Military Cooperation Agreement, Orders Troops and Civilian Personnel Out of the Country
Major Amadou Abdramane.
After the African Sahel nations suddenly and rapidly kicked the French colonial power out, it does appear that the US troops and diplomatic influence may be heading the same way.
Spokesman for the Niger military junta, Major Amadou Abdramane, stated clearly, with no margin for interpretation: ‘The American bases and civilian personnel cannot stay on Nigerien soil any longer.’
The US was left scrambled on Sunday to assess the future of its counterterrorism operations in the Sahel.
Population takes to the streets to support coup.
The American military has hundreds of troops stationed at a major airbase in northern Niger.
The group flies over the Sahel region — south of the Sahara Desert — in search of jihadi groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State.
