Relationship dossier
Germany
Niger
Relationship assessment
Development and security cooperation strained after Niger’s 2023 coup, followed by the negotiated withdrawal of German troops.
Germany toward Niger
+5Germany provided development and security cooperation to Niger, including maintaining a military presence there. After the 2023 coup, the German government suspended much of its development cooperation while continuing humanitarian assistance, and later arranged to withdraw its troops.
Niger toward Germany
+5Niger hosted German troops under a bilateral security arrangement. After negotiations over the terms of their presence did not produce an extension, Niger and Germany arranged the troops’ withdrawal.
Overall relationship
+5The relationship has included sustained development and security cooperation, but the 2023 coup prompted Germany to suspend much of its development assistance and contributed to the end of the German military presence. The resulting relationship combines prior cooperation with significant recent strain.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Germany and Niger have had development and security cooperation, including a German military presence in Niger. Following Niger’s 2023 coup, Germany suspended much of its development cooperation while maintaining humanitarian assistance. The two governments later arranged the withdrawal of German troops after negotiations over the terms of their presence did not produce an extension.
Areas of tension
- Germany’s suspension of much of its development cooperation after Niger’s 2023 coup.
- Negotiations over the terms of the German military presence, which did not produce an extension.
Key developments
Following Niger’s coup, Germany suspended much of its development cooperation while continuing humanitarian assistance.
Germany and Niger arranged the withdrawal of German troops after negotiations over the terms of their presence did not produce an extension.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of German development cooperation after the suspension are unclear.
- Details of the security arrangements and their implementation before the troop withdrawal are limited.