Arrr, mateys! The US military be leavin' Niger by mid-September, says the Pentagon. Time to sail away!
2024-05-19
Avast ye mateys! The scallywags in Niger have given the order for the U.S. troops to be gone by September's middle. The Pentagon and the Nigerien defense scallywags made the announcement Sunday. Time to set sail and bid adieu, me hearties!
Arrr, me hearties! The U.S. troops be ordered out of Niger by the ruling junta, and they be makin' their way out by the middle o' September, savvy? This timeline be agreed upon after four days o' talks between the defense officials o' both countries in Niamey, the capital city.Niger's decision be a blow to U.S. military operations in the Sahel, where groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State be pillagin' and plunderin'. The mutinous soldiers who ousted the democratically elected president last July be askin' the French forces to walk the plank and turnin' to the Russian mercenary group Wagner for security assistance.In October, Washington officially called the military takeover a coup, triggerin' restrictions on military support and aid to Niger. About 1,000 U.S. troops still be in Niger, mostly at an airbase near Agadez, a fair distance from the capital.Washington be lamentin' the loss of a key ally in a region plagued by coups and investin' millions in the Agadez base for counterterrorism operations in the Sahel. Talks be in the works to revise an agreement for U.S. troops in neighboring Chad, but for now, most be relocatin' from there as well, arrr!