Niger

The move comes amid increasingly strained relations with Paris

The African state’s interior ministry says it has revoked Acted’s license but has not provided a reason for the action

The military juntas of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso signed a treaty of confederation Saturday bringing together 72 million people into the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). It’s a decision, they say, that will not only allow the three nations to wipe the scourge of jihadist violence from their countries, but to build a new economic alliance that will reshape West Africa.

Documents detailing new-level ties between Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso were signed at a summit on Saturday

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Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine blamed the U.S. for the breakdown in bilateral relations, culminating with the planned ouster of American troops.

The United States agreed Friday to withdraw its more than 1,000 troops from Niger, officials said, upending its posture in West Africa where the country was home to a major drone base

Deployed Americans are in limbo, unable to do their jobs or go home while State Department seeks to extend military presence, complaint contends

Thousands of people in Niger's capital on Saturday protested for the immediate departure of US soldiers from the north, after the military junta in Niamey said it was withdrawing from a military agreement with Washington.