US says Niger military staged coup, slashes aid

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : "Any resumption of US assistance will require action by the National Council for Safeguarding the Homeland to usher in democratic governance in a quick and credible timeframe," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said, referring to the coup leaders also known by their French acronym CNSP.
54% : The United States is also maintaining a major drone base near the central city of Agadez from which the US military has centered anti-jihadist operations in the Sahel. - France withdraws troops - The decision comes the same day that the French army began withdrawing troops from Niger after being ordered out by the coup leaders, who also forced out the ambassador.
46% : Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Niger in March with hopes of championing Bazoum and the democratic example in a region where neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso had earlier experienced military takeovers.

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