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Hundreds in Niger tell US troops to go home

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Protesters react as a man holds up a sign demanding that soldiers from the United States army leave Niger. [AFP]

Hundreds protested on Sunday against the US troop presence in military-ruled Niger where a delegation from Washington is expected within days to arrange an orderly withdrawal.

The United States had on Friday agreed to withdraw its more than 1,000 soldiers from the African nation where Washington built a $100 million base to fly a fleet of drones.

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