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Russian air defence system, trainers arrive in Niger

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French military at the Ouallam military base north of Niamey in Niger. [AFP]

Russian military instructors have arrived in Niger with an air defence system and other equipment as part of the West African nation's deepening security ties with Moscow, state television announced late Thursday.

Niger's military government agreed in January to step up military cooperation with Russia, after expelling French forces that were helping fight jihadist rebellions in several Sahel nations.

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