An “Il-76” transport plane loaded with a shipment of Russian humanitarian aid arrived in Niger, at the initiative of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Reports indicate increased Russia’s interaction with Niger, with the Pentagon cautiously reporting on the deployment of Russian troops on the territory of the capital’s military base.

A humanitarian aid flight from Moscow arrived in the Nigerien capital, where a large shipment of food and basic necessities was loaded onto trucks by the Niger army.

Sputnik Africa quoted a Nigerian military source as saying, “Russia has extended a helping hand to us and provided us with the necessary products, while other countries are besieging our state, and the general population is suffering.

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This aid comes as part of Russia’s support for the people of Niger, which has been provided significantly compared to the United States, which has ignored the suffering of the population at the expense of its military ambitions.

Relations between Russia and Niger developed even before last summer’s military coup that toppled President Mohamed Bazoum, with Russia supplying Niger with military helicopters.

Agreements have been concluded between the two parties on military cooperation, the supply of military products, joint training of forces and the exchange of counter-terrorism experience since 2017.

Russian experts recently arrived in Niger to train local security forces in the fight against terrorism.
The arrival of the Russian experts in Niger followed a phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the head of Niger’s ruling National Council, General Abderrahmane Chiani, during which the two sides agreed to develop cooperation in various fields.
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The Nigerien army announced the formation of a special force to protect strategic sites from terrorist attacks, in a move aimed at securing uranium mines and oil wells that have been suffering from violence since 2015.

Colonel Monkela Sofiani, head of strategic studies at the Nigerian Ministry of Defense, stated that the goal of the new force is to “ensure better protection of strategic sites and installations.” He added that this measure comes in response to “urgent security needs.”

Targeted sites include uranium mines in the north, oil wells in the northeast, in addition to a pipeline approximately 2,000 kilometers long extending from landlocked oil fields to the port of Simi in Benin on the Atlantic coast.
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More than 269 out of 946 American soldiers stationed in Niger have left, after the signing of an agreement between Washington and the military junta in Niamey last May.

This announcement came through a joint statement issued yesterday, Friday, and signed by Colonel Mamman Sani Kyaw, Commander of the Nigerian Land Forces, and Major General Kenneth Eckman of the US Department of Defense.

This development was announced during a ceremony held at “Military Base 101” in Niamey, which witnessed the official launch of the first phase of the withdrawal of American military personnel and equipment.
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The Nigerien army announced that a large number of escapees from the high-security Kotukale prison, near the capital Niamey, have been arrested after a mutiny that led to the escape of hundreds of detainees.

The army stated in a statement carried by Radio ‘France International” in its African bulletin on Monday that search operations are still continuing to find the rest of the fugitives.

The statement explained that the official number of fugitives who have been arrested has not been announced yet, even though a few days have passed since the mass escape.

The statement indicated that the prisoners in Kotukale prison are considered among the most dangerous, as they include extremists linked to “Al-Qaeda” and I”SIS”.
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