Editing Niger Armed Forces (section)

=== National Gendarmerie ===
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The National Gendarmerie is commanded by the Superior Commander of the National Gendarmerie. Unlike the National Police and the National Guard, the National Gendarmerie is under the control of the Ministry of Defense of Niger. It is divided between territorial brigades and mobile brigades. In addition to territorial defense and maintaining public order, it provides military and paramilitary justice to other corps of the armed forces and participates to the judicial and the surveillance police activities. It is regarded as an elite force due to its stringent recruitment criteria of all armed forces. Due to increasing cross-border traffic of weapons and drugs, its activities have increased border areas. The national gendarmerie, unlike the Army or the National Guard, has never been directly involved in an attempt to seize or control power by force.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dcaf.ch/Publications/Security-Sector-Governance-in-West-Africa |title=DCAF - Publications - Security Sector Governance in West Africa |access-date=2014-06-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714215853/http://www.dcaf.ch/Publications/Security-Sector-Governance-in-West-Africa |archive-date=2014-07-14 }} Gouvernance du secteur de la sécurité en Afrique de l’Ouest: les défis à relever – Le Niger</ref>