Niger decided to push American troops out of the country after the Biden administration’s negotiators attempted to pressure the country into restoring democracy, according to an interview with the nation’s prime minister.
The United States froze security support to the West African nation of Niger following a military coup in July but maintained a military presence within its borders while attempting to pressure the junta into restoring democratic rule and trying to influence Niger’s foreign relations. Nigerien Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine said this dynamic, refusing to help his country fight terrorists while engaging in antagonistic diplomacy, alienated him and convinced him to expel American forces from Niger, according to a Washington Post interview. (RELATED: US Spent Years Funding And Training The African Military That Just Overthrew Its US-Backed…
