Why Is The US Fighting In Niger? | NowThis World
Niger made headlines earlier this year after American soldiers were killed in the country, sparking many to ask why American soldiers were in Niger in the first ...
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In October 2017, an attack in the West African country of Niger left 4 American Military officers and 13 soldiers from Niger dead. The ambush was widely reported by news organizations in the United States, but quickly turned into a media frenzy only after President Donald Trump reportedly responded to one of the grieving soldiers’ wives insensitively. After that, most of the media’s attention focused on the president’s handling of the tragedy. But what largely got left out of this political back and forth, was the reason U.S. forces are there in the first place. So we wanted to know, why is the United States fighting in Niger, and even more broadly Africa as a whole? In 2002, only months after the 9/11 terror attacks, the former Bush administration launched a little-known coun...
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In October 2017, an attack in the West African country of Niger left 4 American Military officers and 13 soldiers from Niger dead. The ambush was widely reported by news organizations in the United States, but quickly turned into a media frenzy only after President Donald Trump reportedly responded to one of the grieving soldiers’ wives insensitively. After that, most of the media’s attention focused on the president’s handling of the tragedy. But what largely got left out of this political back and forth, was the reason U.S. forces are there in the first place. So we wanted to know, why is the United States fighting in Niger, and even more broadly Africa as a whole? In 2002, only months after the 9/11 terror attacks, the former Bush administration launched a little-known coun...
