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- Last November, the government of Niger requested that the United States begin deploying armed drones against jihadi groups in Tongo Tongo.
- While the US has deployed drones to North Africa in the past, they have only been used for intelligence gathering.
- In order to meet Niger's request, the US Air Force will build new facilities in Agadez for nearly $100 million.
The US military will begin flying armed drones out of a remote base in Niger in the coming months, marking a significant escalation of the Defense Department's little-noticed war against violent extremists in Africa.
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