GERMANY ENDS MILITARY OPERATIONS IN NIGER

The German army on Friday vacated an air base in junta-run Niger and flew its final troops home, completing a withdrawal from the restive Sahel nation. At the end of May, Germany and Niger reached an interim agreement allowing the German military to continue operating its airbase in the capital, Niamey, until the end of August. But negotiations to extend that agreement broke down, notably because the base’s personnel would no longer benefit from immunity from prosecution. Please follow us on INSTAGRAM: