{"id":7005,"date":"2026-06-18T15:24:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T15:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/home\/libya-and-niger-sign-military-cooperation-deal"},"modified":"2026-06-21T01:36:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T01:36:24","slug":"libya-and-niger-sign-military-cooperation-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/policy\/libya-and-niger-sign-military-cooperation-deal","title":{"rendered":"Libya and Niger Sign Military Cooperation Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press. <\/strong> <\/span>The Ministry of Defense of the Libyan Government of National Unity signed a memorandum of understanding for military cooperation with Niger. The signing ceremony took place on Tuesday in Tripoli, attended by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Salem Al-Zadma, and the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Abdul Salam Al-Zubi, along with the Nigerien Prime Minister, Ali Amin Zain, and his accompanying delegation.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, both sides discussed ways to enhance bilateral relations between Libya and Niger, serving the interests of both countries. They also addressed several issues of mutual concern.<\/p>\n<p>They discussed border security issues and combating irregular migration, as well as ways to develop cooperation in this area and coordinate efforts to enhance regional stability.<\/p>\n<p>At the conclusion of the meeting, both sides agreed to update a point of contact to initiate coordination between them by activating the work of the High Committee (Libyan-Nigerien), which contributes to strengthening the strategic partnership between the two countries and supports development and stability efforts in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister of Niger, Ali Amin Zain, arrived in Tripoli on Monday, where he met with the Libyan Prime Minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, to discuss a range of topics, primarily focusing on the economy and security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Africa<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press. The Ministry of Defense of the Libyan Government of National Unity signed a memorandum of understanding for military cooperation with Niger. The signing ceremony took place on Tuesday in Tripoli, attended by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Salem Al-Zadma, and the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":7004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[120],"class_list":{"0":"post-7005","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-policy","8":"tag-africa"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Libya and Niger Sign Military Cooperation Deal - Africa Press English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Ministry of Defense of the Libyan Government of National Unity signed a memorandum of\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/policy\/libya-and-niger-sign-military-cooperation-deal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Libya and Niger Sign Military Cooperation Deal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ministry of Defense of the Libyan Government of National Unity signed a memorandum of\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/policy\/libya-and-niger-sign-military-cooperation-deal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Africa Press English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-18T15:24:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-21T01:36:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/africa-home\/sites\/69\/2026\/06\/sm_1782005654.881706.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"786\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/policy\/libya-and-niger-sign-military-cooperation-deal#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/policy\/libya-and-niger-sign-military-cooperation-deal\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Libya and Niger Sign Military Cooperation Deal\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-18T15:24:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-21T01:36:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/policy\/libya-and-niger-sign-military-cooperation-deal\"},\"wordCount\":231,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/policy\/libya-and-niger-sign-military-cooperation-deal#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/africa-home\/sites\/69\/2026\/06\/sm_1782005654.881706.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/policy\/libya-and-niger-sign-military-cooperation-deal#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/policy\/libya-and-niger-sign-military-cooperation-deal\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/policy\/libya-and-niger-sign-military-cooperation-deal\",\"name\":\"Libya and Niger Sign Military Cooperation Deal - 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