{"id":19967,"date":"2024-07-08T13:38:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T13:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=19967"},"modified":"2024-07-08T13:50:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T13:50:10","slug":"us-troops-pull-out-of-nigers-air-base-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=19967","title":{"rendered":"US troops pull out of Niger\u2019s Air Base 101"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The U.S. military withdrew its personnel from Niger\u2019s Air Base 101 near the airport in the capital Niamey on Sunday, ahead of its exit from a major drone base near the desert city of Agadez in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

Niger\u2019s ruling junta in April\u00a0ordered\u00a0the U.S. to withdraw its nearly 1,000 military personnel from the country following a coup last year in the West African nation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to effective cooperation and communication between the Nigerian and American armed forces, this operation was completed ahead of schedule and without any complications,\u201d Niger\u2019s defence ministry and the U.S. Department of Defense said in a joint statement.<\/p>\n

The focus will\u00a0next shift to withdrawal\u00a0from the $100 million drone base near Agadez in central Niger, which had provided crucial intelligence about jihadist-linked groups, U.S. Air Force Major General Kenneth Ekman said on Friday.<\/p>\n

The pullout from that base, known as Air Base 201, will likely take place in August, he said.<\/p>\n

Niger\u2019s ruling junta has given the U.S. until Sept. 15 to remove troops from its territory.<\/p>\n

In April, Russia sent\u00a0military trainers\u00a0to Niger.<\/p>\n

Niger and its military-led neighbours Mali and Burkina Faso signed a\u00a0confederation treaty\u00a0on Saturday, signalling an ever-closer alignment between the countries in the insurgency-torn central Sahel.<\/p>\n

They have torn up defence agreements with U.S., European and United Nations forces.<\/p>

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