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US and Niger flags fly at the Niger Air Base 201 in Agadez, Niger, April 16, 2018
US troops have completed their withdrawal from Niger, according to the Pentagon, with just a small number remaining to guard the US embassy.
Earlier this year, Niger’s military rulers cancelled an agreement that allowed US troops to operate in the west African country.
A few months later, officials from both countries said in a joint statement that US troops would complete their withdrawal by the middle of September.
As the Alliance of Sahel States and southern African nations advance pan-African goals, the African Union must listen and learn rather than parroting the Western line on these positive developments, writes ROGER McKENZIE
ROGER McKENZIE explains how Ibrahim Traore has sparked the flames of hope across Africa, while the Western powers seek to extinguish all attempts to build true sovereignty in the long-exploited continent
