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The intensifying military cooperation between Russia and Niger is central to the dispute between the US and the Nigerien junta, officials said. Russia and Niger agreed to strengthen their military ties in January, Russia’s Defense Ministry said at the time. If the US were forced to withdraw, counterterrorism efforts across the region could take a hit, officials said. In return, Russia is profiting off the region’s natural resources, another official said, including the gold mines in Niger. Several European countries shared this goal, offering a measure of support to the junta, the official noted.

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☆ Mali in meltdown as militants advance and U.N. withdraws
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Edward Mcallister | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

[1/5] A man walks toward Sankore mosque, also known as the former University of Sankore, in Timbuktu, Mali September 25, 2023. "This conflict is escalating fast," said Ulf Laessing, the Bamako-based head of the Sahel programme at the Konrad Adenauer foundation. Back in 2012, French forces and the U.N. intervened to halt the advance in Mali. In Mali, fighting began in August between the army and an ethnic Tuareg group called the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) around a base vacated by the U.N. "The problem is Mali has too few troops and too little mobility," said Michael Shurkin, director of global programs at 14 North Strategies consultancy.

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After the coup, the United States paused certain foreign assistance programs for Niger and military training has been on hold. "The leaders of this attempted coup are putting Niger's security at risk, creating a potential vacuum that terrorist groups or other malign groups may exploit," the official said. The United States has been pressing for a diplomatic resolution of the crisis that erupted on July 26 when Niger military officers seized power, deposed President Mohamed Bazoum and placed him under house arrest. Military juntas have come to power through coups in Mali and Burkina Faso - both neighbors of Niger - in recent years. But so far, Paris has rejected calls by the coup leaders to withdraw their 1,500 troops.

Persons: Joe Biden, Mohamed Bazoum, Kathleen FitzGibbon, Nusrat al, Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart, Jonathan Oatis, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Pentagon, Reuters, American, Air Base, Islamic State, Troops, United, Niger, Thomson Locations: Niger, U.S, Niamey, Agadez, West, al Qaeda, United, Washington, United States, State, Mali, Burkina Faso, France, Paris

☆ Opinion | The Wagner Group Is Always Ready for a Coup
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Colin P. Clarke | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

But the nation’s successive elected governments were at least willing to cooperate with Washington, allowing the U.S. military to conduct regional counterterrorism activities. Washington has stopped short of calling the crisis a coup — a move that would require the United States to halt security and economic assistance. Wagner will be ready. Their operations have frequently resulted in the deaths of civilians, with credible accusations of sexual violence, torture and extrajudicial killings. Within days of Wagner’s aborted advance on Moscow, Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said that Wagner’s African footprint would remain.

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"Our drone base in Niger is extremely important in countering terrorism in the region," one of the U.S. officials said. FOREIGN ASSISTANCEThe Biden administration has not formally labeled the military takeover in Niger a coup, a designation that would limit what security assistance Washington can provide the country. The U.S. drone base has grown in importance due to a lack of Western security partners in the region. The drone base, known as airbase 201, was built near Agadez in central Niger at a cost of more than $100 million. Wagner's chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has welcomed the coup in Niger and said his forces were available to restore order.

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[1/3] An excavator clears out rocks into a dumper at the gold mine, operated by Endeavour Mining Corporation in Hounde, Burkina Faso February 11, 2020. Acquired by Burkina-based firm Néré Mining from Endeavour Mining (EDV.L) in March, Karma is one of at least four gold mines that halted production this year because of security risks. Gold is Burkina Faso's main export, accounting for 37% of total exports in 2020, and mining is a leading source of jobs. At current rates, Burkina Faso is set to produce 13% less gold this year than in 2021, in part because of mine closures, government statistics show. The Burkina Faso mines ministry did not respond to Reuters' questions.

☆ Forțele franceze au ucis un important lider Al-Qaida într-o operațiune cu elicoptere
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-13 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Forţele franceze l-au ucis pe Bah ag Moussa, un lider militar important al filialei nord-africane a reţelei teroriste Al-Qaida, în timpul unei operaţiuni desfăşurate în nord-estul statului Mali, a anunţat vineri ministrul francez al forţelor armate Florence Parly, potrivit Reuters, informează Agerpres. „Figură istorică a mişcării jihadiste din Sahel, Bah ag Moussa este considerat responsabil pentru câteva atacuri împotriva forţelor maliene şi internaţionale”, a menţionat Parly într-o declaraţie. Bah ag Moussa, care se afla pe lista teroriştilor urmăriţi de SUA, a fost lichidat marţi într-o operaţiune la care au participat trupe la sol elicoptere şi survine unei serii de misiuni în care forţele franceze au ucis zeci de combatanţi islamişti în ultimele săptămâni. „Acesta este un succes major în lupta împotriva terorismului”, a adăugat Florence Parly. Fostă putere colonială, Franţa are peste 5.100 de soldaţi în Africa subsahariană a căror principală misiune este combaterea militantismului islamist în regiune.

Persons: - Qaida, Florence Parly Organizations: ag, Agerpres, Bah, Bah ag Locations: ag Moussa, Mali, Islam wal - Muslimin, Mali şi Burkina Faso, Bah ag Moussa, SUA, Franţa, Africa subsahariană

☆ Franța anunță lichidarea unui lider important al filialei nord-africane a rețelei Al-Qaida
▼ + stars: | 2020-08-22 | by ( Https | Www.Facebook.Com Radiochisinau | ) radiochisinau.md time to read: +1 min

Forțele franceze l-au ucis pe Bah ag Moussa, un lider militar important al filialei nord-africane a rețelei teroriste Al-Qaida, în timpul unei operațiuni desfășurate în nord-estul statului Mali, a anunțat vineri ministrul francez al forțelor armate Florence Parly, potrivit Reuters. Fostul colonel în armata maliană, cunoscut și sub numele Bamoussa Diarra, era 'mâna dreaptă' a lui Iyad Ag Ghali, liderul celei mai active grupări jihadiste din Mali, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), care a comis numeroase atacuri contra unor militari și civili în Mali și Burkina Faso. ''Figură istorică a mișcării jihadiste din Sahel, Bah ag Moussa este considerat responsabil pentru câteva atacuri împotriva forțelor maliene și internaționale'', a menționat Parly într-o declarație. ''Acesta este un succes major în lupta împotriva terorismului'', a adăugat Florence Parly. Fostă putere colonială, Franța are peste 5.100 de soldați în Africa subsahariană a căror principală misiune este combaterea militantismului islamist în regiune.

Persons: - Qaida, Florence Parly Organizations: ag, Reuters, Bah, Bah ag Locations: ag Moussa, Mali, Islam wal - Muslimin, Burkina Faso, Bah ag Moussa, SUA, Franța, Africa subsahariană

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