(Reuters) – Niger would welcome armed U.S. drones: foreign minister

(Reuters) – Niger would welcome armed U.S. drones: foreign minister – Niger would welcome the deployment of armed U.S. drones to the West African country to help in its battle against an armed Islamist threat and drug trafficking in the Sahara, Foreign Minister Mohamed Bazoum said on Wednesday. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/18/us-niger-drones-idUSBRE98H0PW20130918