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News channel or source: https://www.theafricareport.com/396362/people-smugglers-enriched-in-nigers-agadez-after-junta-dumps-eu-migration-deal/
Published on: Tuesday 28 October 2025
One morning in late 2023, in an informal settlement in Niger's Agadez city, 49-year-old Bilal – a “passeur”, or smuggler who arranges migrants’ journeys to Europe – pocketed CFA200,000 ($350) from a ...
News Niger » Agadez Region » Finance: How the U.S. military cultivated — and then lost — a key African ally
News channel or source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/05/niger-agadez-us-military-timeline/
Published on: Sunday 04 August 2024
The U.S. military on Monday withdrew from its base near Agadez, Niger, marking the end of a security relationship with this West African nation that has lasted more than two decades. At its peak, the ...