France will end its military presence in Niger by the end of 2023, French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday, marking the latest major development amid high tensions between the two countries ...

France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador, Macron says The change comes after Niger's democratically elected president was deposed in a coup. French troops pulled out ...

He said France’s military presence was in response to a request from Niger’s government at the time. That military cooperation between France and Niger had been suspended since the coup, however.

France will withdraw nearly 1,500 troops from the West African nation of Niger by the end of the year, President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday, a decision that could upend the West’s security ...

But the Niger coup is particularly bruising for Macron after he sought to make a special ally of Niamey, and a hub for France's presence in the region following the Mali coup. The US also has more ...

But as the Pentagon resolves to keep approximately 1,100 troops in place in Niger and boost U.S. military presence in Africa, Nathaniel Powell, an analyst at the Oxford Analytica firm, argued that ...

A recent military takeover in Niger has thrown into uncertainty the future of France’s presence in West and Central Africa, raising doubts about the future of U.S. military involvement there, too.

The coup in Niger is injecting fresh tension into the France-U.S. alliance. The two countries are at odds over how to respond to the ouster of the West African country’s president in July.

Niger's military ruler Abdourahamane Tchiani, who seized power in 2023, is now Niger's president. During his inauguration in the capital Niamey, attended by religious and military leaders, Tchiani ...

He said France’s military presence was in response to a request from Niger’s government at the time. That military cooperation between France and Niger had been suspended since the coup, however.