The United States has officially handed over its last military base in Niger, marking the end of its military presence in the African nation.
The U.S. Department of Defense and Niger's Department of National Defense announced on Monday that the withdrawal of American troops and assets from Air Base 201 in Agadez is complete.
U.S. troops had been present in Niger for years, providing military training and supporting missions against Islamic State and al-Qaeda in the region.
Following a military coup in July of 2023, a pro-Russian military junta took over Niger, ousting the Western-backed president.
The National Pulse reported that neighboring nations and the Biden-Harris government in the U.S. initially threatened to intervene and restore the country's former leader.
GEOPOLITICS. In recent years, Russia has similarly supplanted the U.S. and its allies in Mali, Burkina Faso, and other states in the region.
The National Pulse Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam noted last year that while reductions to U.S. foreign entanglements are positive-with many Americans opposing foreign interventionism-the Niger situation is more akin to a military defeat.
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