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US military looks for West Africa 'Plan B' after Niger oustingAir Force General C.Q. Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is visiting Africa to explore options for maintaining a U.S. presence ...24 Jun, 2024, 01.25 PM IST- Russian trainers move to Niger airbase where small number of US troops remainThe arrival of Russian trainers in the West African country about three weeks ago came in the wake of Niger's decision to order out all US ...03 May, 2024, 09.06 AM IST
- Niger ends security and defence partnerships with the EUNiger's military leaders announced the termination of two EU security missions, opting to strengthen military ties with Russia. They ended ...05 Dec, 2023, 06.09 PM IST
- Niger demands French troops, envoy depart as deadlines passThe developments come after French President Emmanuel Macron rejected the ruling junta’s demand to recall his ambassador a month after a co...03 Sep, 2023, 11.15 PM IST
- Niger coup can blight Chinese investments in Africa’s Sahel regionChina is the second largest investor in Niger after France and in the last two decades, it has pumped in huge amount in the landlocked West...13 Aug, 2023, 06.46 AM IST
- Who is Mohamed Bazoumi, are Islamist jihadist forces behind his ouster?Niger President Mohamed Bazoumi has been deposed and kept at an unknown place by the army. What has happened in the country?28 Jul, 2023, 01.05 AM IST
- Mutinous Niger soldiers claim to have overthrown presidentIn a televised address late Wednesday, Colonel-Major Amadou Abdramane said: "We, the defence and security forces... have decided to put an ...27 Jul, 2023, 07.29 AM IST
- India-Africa military exercise begins in PuneThe African countries which are participating in the Africa-India Field Training Exercise (AFINDEX) include Botswana, Cameroon, Egypt, Equa...21 Mar, 2023, 10.29 PM IST
- As France plans to shrink Sahel force, jihadi threat growsFrance is preparing to reduce its military presence here in West Africa's Sahel region, the vast area south of the Sahara Desert where extr...08 Jul, 2021, 04.27 PM IST
- Explained: Why Mali is in turmoil againThe latest events threaten to exacerbate instability in the West African country where violent Islamist groups linked to al Qaeda and Islam...25 May, 2021, 03.54 PM IST
- Explained: The potential risks of political crisis in ChadThese latest rebels are from a group known as the Front for Change and Concord in Chad, which has been threatening to advance on the capita...27 Apr, 2021, 02.23 PM IST
- Explained: Chad's strategic interest to France, Western alliesChad's longtime ruler President Idriss Deby's death, which Paris described as the loss of a courageous friend who had sought peace and stab...21 Apr, 2021, 02.45 PM IST
- French forces kill leader of al-Qaeda in the Islamic MaghrebDroukdel was killed on Thursday near the Algerian border, where the group has bases from which it has carried out attacks and abductions of...06 Jun, 2020, 10.51 AM IST
- Indian defence industry keen to support African countries: Bipin RawatReferring to an equipment display organised under the aegis of FICCI after the military exercise, Bipin Rawat said it was a "humble attempt...27 Mar, 2019, 07.15 PM IST
- Fitness network Strava, which released online heatmap of 1 billion workouts, inadvertently reveals activity of US soldiersStrava drew on data from fitness trackers, like Fitbits or smartphones, to track their workouts. In countries like Niger, the heatmap highl...30 Jan, 2018, 08.38 AM IST
- Shell: Fire forces closure of key oil pipeline in NigeriaThe Trans Niger Pipeline feeds the strategic Bonny Export Terminal, which militants attacked last week.27 Sep, 2016, 10.33 PM IST
- Four killed in attack on Indian-owned ship in NigeriaFour persons, including two soldiers, were killed when a ship belonging to an Indian company was attacked by pirates in Nigeria's oil-rich ...06 Feb, 2013, 06.11 PM IST
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