The U.S. military was forced out of its sprawling base in Niger’s northern desert this week in what is yet another foreign policy disaster for the Biden-Harris administration.
The U.S. has been trying for months to get the country turned around after its military overthrew its democratically elected government last year.
The withdrawal upends U.S. counterterrorism efforts and security policy in the politically unstable Sahel region of Africa, which stretches across the northern central part of the continent and includes Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Sudan, and Eritrea.
The region is one of the most dangerous in the world and is a hotbed for multiple major Islamic terrorist groups — including ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and more — and the threat is growing, as is Russia’s influence and footprint in the…
