Courtney Kube is a correspondent covering national security and the military for the NBC News Investigative Unit.
More than two months after elements of the military seized power in Niger, the Biden administration is close to officially designating the overthrow of the country’s elected government a coup, which could weaken the U.S. counterterror effort in Africa, according to three administration officials familiar with the planning. While the administration is still working through the details of how this would change the U.S. relationship with Niger and affect the presence of U.S.
attacks along the borders with Burkina Faso and Mali, countries to Niger’s west that have both undergone coups in recent years, as well. The officials say the Nigerien military has been somewhat distracted since the coup and less focused on counterterrorism operations against is exploiting that. While the U.S. military does not have concrete numbers, it estimates that dozens of members of the Nigerien military have been killed and wounded in
is taking advantage of the situation,” a U.S. defense official said. While
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