![]() While it has managed to protect citizens better than its neighbours, Niger still suffers frequent militant attacks and rural banditry, according to ACLED.įrance, which has had counter-insurgency troops in West Africa for a decade, has turned to Niger to base the bulk of its forces.īetween 1,000 and 1,500 French troops are based in the country, with support from drones and warplanes. maintains a strong military presence in the country, where it has previously deployed armed drones.įrustration over insecurity spurred the coups in Mali and Burkina Faso, although data from Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), a crisis monitoring group, shows that violence has worsened in those countries since military juntas took control. ![]() The United States says it has spent around $500 million since 2012 to help Niger boost its security. ![]() The landlocked country had become the West's "only hope" in the region to fight the militants, said one analyst, as military rulers in Mali and Burkina Faso have increasingly turned toward Russia as a strategic ally, distancing themselves from partners such as France. Western nations have poured resources into Niger to bolster its security forces in the face of a growing insurgency by Islamist groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State. ![]() Niger became a democratic outlier in West Africa's Sahel region following military takeovers in neighbouring Mali, Burkina Faso and Chad since 2020.Īll four countries of the arid Sahel region, just south of the Sahara, are now run by military leaders after soldiers in Niger said on Wednesday night they had ousted President Mohamed Bazoum. ![]()
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