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Niger has suspended its military agreement with the United States “with immediate effect”, according to the ruling military spokesman Colonel Amadou Abdramane, in a blow to US security interests in the region.
The pact allowed US military personnel and civilian defence staff to operate from Niger, which plays a central role in the US military’s operations in Africa’s Sahel region and is home to a major airbase.
Al-Qaida is threatening the capital city from the West while ISIS is to the north & Boko Haram to the south.
Video from Islamist attack in Mali (70 troops killed)