Thousands protest in Niger for US troops to leave

Niamey, Niger: Thousands of people in Niger s capital on Saturday protested for the immediate departure of US soldiers from the north, after the milit...

Niamey, Niger: Thousands of people in Niger's capital on Saturday protested for the immediate departure of US soldiers from the north, after the military junta in Niamey said it was withdrawing from a military agreement with Washington.

Following a July coup, the West African country said in mid-March that the 2012 cooperation agreement had been "unilaterally imposed" by the United States.

Students and several prominent figures from the military regime were amongst the crowd in front of the National Assembly Headquarters in Niamey.

The crowd was heard chanting "Down with American imperialism" and "The people's liberation is on the march".

French troops were expelled at the end of 2023, but about 1,000 American soldiers remain based in Agadez city in the north.