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Protesters react as a man holds up a sign demanding that soldiers from the United States Army leave Niger without negotiation during a demonstration in Niamey, on April 13, 2024. Thousands of people in Niger’s capital on Saturday protested for the immediate departure of US soldiers from the north, after the military junta in Niamey said it was withdrawing from a military agreement with Washington.
The crowd was heard chanting “Down with American imperialism” and “The people’s liberation is on the march”.French troops were expelled at the end of 2023, but about 1,000 American soldiers remain based in Agadez city in the north.
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