China Buys into Niger Junta to Secure Oil Supply
China’s state oil company CNPC, China National Petroleum Corporation, takes control of Niger in a much-needed injection of cash after a coup damaged relations with the United States, Niger’s previous big oil customer Signed a $400 million contract with the military government. States and France. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on Saturday appears to […]
Islamic State Takes Credit for Deadly Ambush on Niger Military Convoy
The Islamic State group used its Amaq news agency on Saturday to claim responsibility for a deadly ambush on a military convoy in Niger. The Nigerian military confirmed that 23 soldiers were killed and 17 injured in the attack. Niger Ministry of Defense Said Thirty militants were killed in the fighting near Tegui, a town […]
Pentagon looks to keep troops in Niger as junta orders departure
The Pentagon is working with Nigerien authorities to find a way to keep U.S. troops in the country, a key hub for counterterrorism operations in sub-Saharan Africa, following weekend orders to leave the country. Last week, a high-level delegation of U.S. government officials, including Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Fee, Assistant Secretary […]
Niger junta repudiates deal allowing US military bases on its soil | Niger
Niger’s ruling military government has announced that it has immediately canceled a military agreement that allowed U.S. military personnel and civilian personnel to stay in the country. As of 2023, there are approximately 1,100 U.S. troops stationed in Niger, including a drone base known as Air Base 201, built at a cost of more than […]
West Africa Drops Sanctions Against Niger, Ceding to Coup Regime
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) announced on Saturday that it would lift sanctions against Niger’s military junta, ostensibly on humanitarian grounds, but ECOWAS appears to be losing the battle of wills with the military regimes of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali. Minister of ECOWAS met Emergency closed-door talks on the military regime […]