In Niger, the US seeks to hang on to its last, best counterterrorist outpost in West Africa
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on August 4, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten days into a coup in Niger, life has become more challenging for U.S. forces at a counterterrorism base in a region of West Africa known as the world’s epicenter of terrorism.
Flights in and out of the country have been curtailed as coup leaders require Americans to seek permission for . . .