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US agrees to pull troops from key drone host Niger

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Published: 08:49, 20 April 2024

US agrees to pull troops from key drone host Niger

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The United States agreed on Friday(19 April), to demands from Niger's junta to withdraw its more than 1,000 troops, officials said, upending the US posture in the longtime host of drones in Africa.

Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell accepted the call to remove troops in a meeting in Washington with the prime minister of the junta, which sacked the elected government last year, US officials told AFP on condition of anonymity.

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