US negotiates for 'orderly and responsible withdrawal' of troops from Niger, as Russia moves in
Protesters react as a man holds up a sign demanding that soldiers from the United States Army leave Niger without negotiation during a demonstration in Niamey, on April 13, 2024. The United States agreed on April 19 to withdraw its more than 1,000 troops from Niger , officials said, upending its posture in West Africa where the country was home to a major drone base. The US is sending two separate envoys to negotiate for a peaceful withdrawal of its forces.
General Michael Langley, of the US Africa Command, in March told the US Congress that,"several countries are at the tipping point of actually being captured by the Russian Federation". The US forces are departing as the former Wagner Group, now rebranded as African Corps, dispatched a hundred of its special forces to Niger last month to seal Russia's dominance in the country.
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