The Pentagon refuses to call the overthrow of Niger's president a coup - a move that could affect military assistance and a U.S. drone base.
By Nick TURSE
Not long ago, President Joe Biden vowed that the U.S. would "counter democratic backsliding by imposing costs for coups" in Africa. But three weeks after a military mutiny in Africa involving U.S.-trained officers, the Pentagon refuses to call the takeover in Niger a coup d'état.