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French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France will withdraw its troops from Niger after refusing to do so in a nearly two-month-long stand-off with the people of Niger who demanded French troops leave the country after a popularly welcomed coup in July.
With the largest US drone base in the world located in Niger, is the US next to leave? Eugene Puryear and Rania Khalek discuss.
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Rania Khalek
Rania Khalek is a Middle East-based journalist for Breakthrough News. . Her journalism has appeared at The Grayzone, Jacobin, The Nation, The Intercept, FAIR, Vice, The Electronic Intifada, Al Jazeera and more. .
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