Niger had previously been an important base for France's military efforts to quell Islamist extremism stemming from the Sahel region.
FILES: General Abdourahamane Tiani, Niger’s new strongman, speaks on national television and reads a statement as “President of the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Fatherland”, after the ouster of President-elect Mohamed Bazoum. Credit: AFPThe head of Niger’s military regime General Abdourahamane Tiani spoke on Tuesday by telephone to Russian President Vladimir Putin about “strengthening security cooperation”, according to an official communique.
The two heads of state “talked of the need for strengthening security cooperation… to face current threats,” said the Nigerien communique read out on public radio. General Tiani, who has led Niger since the July coup, thanked Putin for Russia’s “support” for the Sahel country and its struggle for national sovereignty.The United States still stations some 1,000 troops in Niger although movements have been limited since the coup and Washington has curbed assistance to the government.
Niger had previously been an important base for France’s military efforts to quell Islamist extremism stemming from the Sahel region.
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