
After what is deemed as highly-intense negotiations, the U.S. military will be withdrawing all American assets from Niger in mid-September, the Pentagon revealed on Sunday.
Talks between the U.S. government and the West African country's ruling military junta, which has geopolitically aligned itself with Russia, resulted into an agreement after discussions about the U.S. leaving the country lasted for weeks. Thereafter, the timeline was finally set after four days of negotiations between the parties.