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2024-06-25 Africa North
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AP: US is looking for countries in Africa to station troops after withdrawing from Niger and Chad
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] After the forced withdrawal of American troops from bases in Niger and Chad, the United States is looking for ways to deploy its armed forces in other African countries in order to strengthen its military presence on the continent. This was announced by the Chairman of the Committee of Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, Charles Brown.
According to the Associated Press, this issue will be a key issue that will be discussed this week by the heads of defense departments in Botswana, where Brown arrived on a visit. The possible transfer of troops to other West African countries will also be an important topic.
“There are other countries in the region where we already have either a small presence or established relationships,” Brown noted.
He added that Washington will continue to develop these relationships with other African countries, which could allow the US to station in some of them the forces it had in Niger.
A source in the US Department of Defense told the publication that the withdrawal of American troops and the removal of US equipment from Niger was completed by 30%, its completion was scheduled for September 15. There are now 600 American troops remaining in the country.
As Regnum reported, US plans to withdraw troops from Niger became known in May. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced this in the Senate, without giving a time frame. Two days later, Politico reported that the Pentagon had ordered all troops to leave the African country in the coming months.
The Niger authorities in mid-March deprived the American military of the opportunity to be on its territory, breaking the military agreement with the United States. According to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, Mohamed Tumba, Niger is interested in the country’s troops being trained by the Russian, and not the American, military.
A month and a half later, on May 3, Reuters reported that the Russian military entered the air base in Niamey, which is why the American contingent based in the republic declared increased combat readiness.
In June, the United States officially began withdrawing its troops from Niger. As the chief of staff of the republic's ground forces, Colonel Mamane Sani Kiau, reported on June 8, 269 American troops and 946 tons of military equipment have already left the country.
Earlier, the National Council for the Defense of the Fatherland (CNSP) informed that American troops would leave the republic no later than mid-September. The Niger authorities gave the Americans permission to fly and land military aircraft.
The United States tried to the last to maintain a military presence in Niger, and the authorities in Niamey had to begin deploying the Russian contingent before the Pentagon removed its personnel. At the same time, with the departure of the Americans, it is likely that Niger’s military cooperation with Russia will further deepen. Ivan Loshkarev, a researcher at the Center for the Study of Political Elites at the Institute of International Studies at MGIMO, shared this opinion with a Regnum correspondent.
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