Joint Chiefs chairman says US looking at other options in West Africa as Niger orders exit

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Charles Brown said Tuesday the U.S. is considering other options across West Africa to host American troops and support counter-terrorism operations after Niger ordered Washington to leave the country.

Brown said at a press conference in Germany after a meeting on Ukraine that the U.S. was talking with other West African countries about the potential for cooperation on counter-terrorism efforts, saying those operations have been af...