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Niger's military answers directly to the president, who is also the commander in chief of the armed forces.
The Army is deployed across eight military zones. Its units comprise 14 combined arms infantry battalions, nine intervention commando battalions, two special operations companies, one amphibious riverine company, one engineer company, one logistics group, and one air defense company.
The Air Force consists of around 100 personnel and operates a small fleet of attack, ISR,...
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