US military loses second drone in Niger Republic

The US military in Niger said Thursday they had lost a second drone in two months, both through technical failure rather than from hostile action in the conflict-torn country.

“A… remotely piloted aircraft was lost near Agadez, Niger, April 23,” US Africa Command said in an email to AFP.

A drone crashed in the Agadez region on February 29, the US military announced after that loss, saying that the incident was also due to mechanical failure. US Africa Command operate a specialised drone base in Agadez that provides them with a major surveillance platform in the Sahel, where fragile governments backed by France are battling a jihadist insurgency.The US has also flown drones from near Niamey, the capital of Niger, which is in the southwest of the country.The US presence in Niger was revealed on October 4, 2017, when four US soldiers and five Nigerien troops were killed in an ambush by fighters affiliated with the Islamic State group.

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