- Joint Chiefs Chairman Dunford discusses deaths of U.S. troops in Niger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTX-Y2Ap0MA 6 comments politics
- Niger Attack Lays Bare U.S. Troops’ Long Wait for Medical Help in Africa https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/world/africa/niger-attack-american-military-medical-evacuations.html?_r=0 14 comments politics
- Caught in a deadly ambush, U.S. troops in Niger waited an hour for French air power to arrive https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/caught-in-a-deadly-ambush-us-troops-in-niger-waited-an-hour-for-french-air-power-to-arrive/2017/10/23/0db1cea6-b834-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_no-name%3Ahomepage%2Fstory 3 comments politics
- Caught in a deadly ambush, U.S. troops in Niger waited an hour for French air power to arrive https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/caught-in-a-deadly-ambush-us-troops-in-niger-waited-an-hour-for-french-air-power-to-arrive/2017/10/23/0db1cea6-b834-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html 9 comments worldnews
- Caught in a deadly ambush, U.S. troops in Niger waited an hour for French air power to arrive https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/caught-in-a-deadly-ambush-us-troops-in-niger-waited-an-hour-for-french-air-power-to-arrive/2017/10/23/0db1cea6-b834-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html?utm_term=.23755fe2ac94 27 comments politics
- U.S. sends troops to Niger for drone missions http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-obama-drone-20130223,0,7202135.story 6 comments worldnews
- U.S. seeks to keep troops in Niger after key ally calls their presence illegal https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/03/22/niger-american-military-drone-base/ 47 comments army
- U.S. troops and equipment will leave Niger by mid-September, the Pentagon says https://www.npr.org/2024/05/19/1252380146/us-troops-leave-niger 59 comments worldnews
- U.S. senators seek answers on U.S. presence in Niger after ambush - "I didn't know there was 1,000 troops in Niger" https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-senators-seek-answers-u-presence-niger-ambush-151539401.html 136 comments worldnews
- Russia's lies helped persuade Niger to eject US troops, AFRICOM says | The U.S. needs to beef up its own counter-disinformation efforts, Gen. Langley tells lawmakers. https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2024/03/top-us-commander-africa-pleads-resources-counter-russian-disinformation/395145/?oref=d1-skybox-hp 17 comments politics
- Sgt. La David Johnson, one of 4 U.S. troops killed in Niger and center of political fight, is laid to rest http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/21/la-david-johnson-honored-service-244024 4 comments politics
- U.S. sends troops to Niger for drone missions. President Obama says the 100-troop deployment will help France in its effort to drive militants out of northern Mali. http://articles.latimes.com/2013/feb/22/world/la-fg-obama-drone-20130223 5 comments politics
- Outnumbered and Outgunned, U.S. Troops Got Separated in Niger Ambush - At the time, the US troops had only one heavy machine gun, no body armor and were driving unarmored 4x4s while wearing “t-shirts and baseball caps,” the Nigerien soldier said. http://ktla.com/2017/10/27/outnumbered-and-outgunned-u-s-troops-got-separated-in-niger-ambush/ 101 comments army