Saturday's announcement came in the week that a delegation from Washington had been in Niamey for talks with the country's military leadership.The US used its base in Niger to monitor regional jihadist activityThis latest announcement by the junta, in power since last July, comes as it moves closer to Russia and after French troops were kicked out in December.

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