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| Africa Live: Nigeria soldiers face trial for deadly air strike 'mistake' - BBC News | Africa Live: Nigeria soldiers face trial for deadly air strike 'mistake' - BBC News |
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| Russian forces have entered an air base in Niger where US | |
| troops still remain following the Nigerien junta’s decision to expel them from | |
| the country. | |
| US Secretary of Defense Lloyd | |
| Austin confirmed that Russian military personnel had entered an air base but | |
| were in a separate compound. | |
| He told a news conference in the | |
| US that it was not a significant issue as they did not have access to US | |
| personnel or equipment. | |
| “Airbase 101 where our forces | |
| [are], is a Nigerien air force base that is co-located with an international | |
| airport in the capital city. The Russians are in a separate compound and don’t | |
| have access to US forces or access to our equipment,” he said. | |
| A | |
| senior US defence official had earlier told the Reuters news agency that the | |
| situation was “not great but in the short-term manageable”. | |
| US and Russia's military and diplomatic relationships have been frosty since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. | |
| Before | |
| the Niger coup last year, the US had been the country's key partner alongside | |
| other allies in the fight against Islamist insurgents in the region. | |
| Niger is in | |
| Africa's Sahel region, which is considered the new global epicentre of the | |
| Islamic State group. | |
| After | |
| the coup, Nigerien | |
| military leaders have sought closer ties with Russia, after souring relations | |
| with Western countries, including France. | |
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