{"id":80392,"date":"2024-09-16T20:29:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T20:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/09\/16\/us-military-completes-withdrawal-from-niger\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:57:19","slug":"us-military-completes-withdrawal-from-niger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2024\/09\/16\/us-military-completes-withdrawal-from-niger\/","title":{"rendered":"US military completes withdrawal from Niger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DAKAR, Senegal \u2014 The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Niger is complete, an American official said Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A small number of military personnel assigned to guard the U.S. Embassy remain, Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this year, Niger\u2019s ruling junta <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2024\/03\/19\/us-weighing-options-in-africa-after-niger-junta-orders-departure\/\" target=\"_blank\">ended an agreement<\/a> that allowed U.S. troops to operate in the West African country. A few months later, officials from both countries said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/3780392\/joint-statement-from-the-us-department-of-defense-and-the-department-of-nationa\/\" target=\"_blank\">joint statement<\/a> that U.S. troops would complete their withdrawal by the middle of September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/breaking-news\/2024\/08\/02\/us-to-depart-final-base-in-niger-next-week-nearly-ending-withdrawal\/\" target=\"_blank\">handed over its last military bases in Niger<\/a> to local authorities last month, but about two dozen American soldiers had remained in Niger, largely for administrative duties related to the withdrawal, Singh said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Niger\u2019s ouster of American troops <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2023\/10\/10\/the-us-declares-the-ousting-of-nigers-president-a-coup\/\" target=\"_blank\">following a coup last year<\/a> has broad ramifications for Washington because it\u2019s forcing troops to abandon critical bases that were used for counterterrorism missions in the Sahel. Groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group operate in the vast region south of the Sahara desert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of those groups, Jama\u2019a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin, known as JNIM, is active in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, and is looking to expand into Benin and Togo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Niger had been seen as one of the last nations in the restive region that Western nations could partner with to beat back growing jihadi insurgencies. 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