<p>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.</p>
<p>The U.S. has been trying for months to get the country turned around after its military overthrew its democratically elected government last year.</p>
<p>The withdrawal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-forced-to-pull-u-s-forces-out-of-key-african-nation-thats-turning-to-russia-iran-china">upends</a> 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.</p>
<p>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&#8217;s influence and footprint in the region.</p>
<p>“The security of the region is a grave concern,” Air Force Major Gen. Kenneth Ekman, who is leading the U.S. withdrawal from Niger, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/05/niger-agadez-sahel-military-bases/">told</a> The Washington Post. “The threat has become worse — it has spread and become more acute. … And from a U.S. perspective, our access has been reduced even though our objectives have not changed.”</p>
<p>The U.S. reportedly was able to remove a lot of its equipment from the base, including drones used by special forces to target terrorists, generators, and other sensitive equipment. However, the Biden-Harris administration reportedly left behind &#8220;dozens of vehicles.&#8221;</p>
<p>Multiple security experts who spoke to the newspaper said that the Biden-Harris administration capitulating the region to hostile forces was a national security disaster that could destabilize the entire region.</p>
<p>Daniel Eizenga, a researcher focused on the Sahel at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, said that the terrorist attacks have rapidly increased along Africa&#8217;s coastal countries.</p>
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<p>“It’s like a five-alarm fire for coastal West Africa, with all the red lights flashing,” Eizenga said. “The security threat has arrived.”</p>
<p>The situation in Niger is part of a pattern in the region where countries are breaking ties with Western nations and forming alliances with Russia, whose criminal paramilitary forces have been increasing their footprint in recent years.</p>
<p>Russia is now providing the country with military resources and personnel, and the highly impoverished country is considering giving “Iran a possible deal on its uranium reserves.” The country has also <a href="https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/04/17/us-losing-access-its-bases-niger-heres-why-thats-big-deal.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">strengthened</a> economic ties with China in recent years, and with Biden being forced out of the country, China could again increase its footprint.</p>

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