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Niger generals pick holes with US armoured vehicle offer

Several senior officers of the Nigerien Armed Forces (FAN) have expressed their disagreement with the award of a $18m contract to US contractor Amentum. Their concern is with the proposed model, which does not meet all the FAN's operational needs.

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The Central African Republic president, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, at the UN headquarters in New York, on 24 September 2025.
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South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, in Cairo in January 2019.
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