NIAMEY (Reuters) - Over 1,000 soldiers from 18 African and Western nations launched a U.S. organised counter-terrorism training exercise in Niger on Wednesday aimed at improving security capabilities across Africa's Sahara-Sahel zone.
The exercise, organised by U.S. Special Operations Command Africa, seeks to bolster cross-border cooperation in a poor, arid region where a mix of al Qaeda-linked Islamists, local insurgents and organised criminal gangs operate.
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