Many Americans first became aware of U.S. special forces operations in Niger in 2017, after four U.S. soldiers were killed in an ambush by ISIS militants just outside the town of Tongo Tongo.

Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso ...

The rebels who seized power in Niger have announced the appointment ... Barmou previously served as the head of the Nigerian Special Forces. He replaced General Abdou Sidikou Issa as Chief of ...

was one of four U.S. special operations soldiers killed in Niger on October 4, 2017, when Islamist fighters ambushed their team. The clash near Tongo Tongo was the deadliest for U.S. forces in ...

Christopher Maier, assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low ... Burkina Faso and Niger. However, most U.S. forces have temporarily left from Chad for Germany in recent weeks ...

The US has about 800 troops in Niger, which they say are there to help train local forces and support counter-terrorism efforts. But questions have emerged about why the US troops were not more ...

In an exclusive interview broadcast on Niger’s national television RTN ... these operatives were reportedly integrated with Ivorian special forces, the Republican Guard, and presidential ...

The Niger State Government has officially launched the Armed Forces Emblem Appeal Fund for the 2025 Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration. Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago performed the ceremony at ...

TASS/. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has commenced the activation of its rapid response forces for restoration of the constitutional order in Niger, Al Hadath reported ...

But this forces thousands of ... food to the most vulnerable and special cut-price sales of grains. In addition, the military rulers — who say restoring Niger’s national sovereignty is a ...