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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Last month, Niger withdrew from a military agreement with the United States that had allowed a US drone base to be established in the north of the African country. Explaining their decision, Niger\u2019s military authorities said that the agreement had been imposed on the country and was not in the interests of its people.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s advantage over the United States in Africa is that Moscow can meet the continent\u2019s urgent security needs through arms sales, which is beyond Washington\u2019s capacity, the US media reported, citing an unnamed US official.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere the Russians have a real advantage over the United States is they have weapons, and they sell weapons, including helicopters,\u201d the senior US official said, as quoted by the media. \u201cAnd they sell small arms. There are a lot of security challenges in Africa and Africans need weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n

The media outlet noted that countries across the continent, including Chad, the Central African Republic, Mali and Libya, have turned to Russia for security assistance. In addition, Russian trainers have arrived in Niger, sidelining the US and forcing the withdrawal of 1,100 US troops from there in the next few months, an official told the media.<\/p>\n

The US tried to return to some African countries after the coup to become \u201cpeacekeepers\u201d after the French withdrew, but \u201cit\u2019s not working,\u201d Cameron Hudson, a former intelligence officer for Africa at the CIA, told the media.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are now out. Russia is now in,\u201d Hudson said.Another US official told the publication that most African governments \u201cdon\u2019t want to be told what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a long history of the West telling African countries how to govern, and they\u2019re finally saying \u2018enough,’\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

These denials, including in Niger, \u201chave tested\u201d US officials and left a gap in Africa for US competitors such as Russia and China, the media concluded.<\/p>\n

In mid-April, Russian specialists arrived in Niger to train local forces to fight terrorism. In March, a spokesperson for the Nigerien military said that the country\u2019s transitional government, which took power in a coup last July, had terminated the military agreement with the United States with immediate effect, citing the interests of the Nigerien people.<\/p>\n

Niger\u2019s Interior Ministry recently said that the US had promised to submit a plan for the \u201cdisengagement\u201d of troops from the Western African country after Niamey ended its military pact with Washington.<\/p>\n

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