US Military Vacates Last Niger Base as Full Withdrawal Nears

Flags of the United States and Niger are flown side by side at the base camp for personnel supporting the construction of Niger Air Base 201 in Agadez, Niger, on April 16, 2018. Carley Petesch/AP Photo

U.S. troops vacated and handed over control of their last major outpost in Niger on Aug. 5, in line with the Nigerian government’s request for American soldiers to leave the country.

The U.S. Department of Defense announced the handoff of Air Base 201 in Agadez in a joint statement with the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Niger on Aug. 5.