Editing Niger Armed Forces (section)

==== Training ====
Basic training is carried out at Niamey at the [[Tondibiah]] base and at Agadez. Other special training centers include the National Officers Training School (French: ''École de Formation des Forces Armées Nigériennes'' or  EFOFAN) and The Paramedical Personnel Training School (EPPAN) both based at the [[Tondibiah]] base.<ref>[http://www.lesahel.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8013:forces-armees-nigeriennes-fan--ceremonie-de-sortie-de-25-stagiaires-de-la-6eme-promotion-dan-kassaoua&catid=34:actualites&Itemid=53 Forces Armées Nigériennes (FAN) : cérémonie de sortie de 25 stagiaires de la 6ème promotion Dan Kassaoua] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322211335/http://www.lesahel.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8013%3Aforces-armees-nigeriennes-fan--ceremonie-de-sortie-de-25-stagiaires-de-la-6eme-promotion-dan-kassaoua&catid=34%3Aactualites&Itemid=53 |date=2012-03-22 }}. Laouali Souleymane, le Sahel (Niamey) 2011-08-02</ref><ref>[http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/actions-france_830/defense-securite_9035/cooperation-militaire-defense_9037/revue-freres-armes_12582/f.a.-no250-dossier-envr_14896/f.a.no250-dossier-envr_39536.html?artsuite=14 F.A.n°250 : dossier ENVR Niger] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121133842/http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/actions-france_830/defense-securite_9035/cooperation-militaire-defense_9037/revue-freres-armes_12582/f.a.-no250-dossier-envr_14896/f.a.no250-dossier-envr_39536.html?artsuite=14 |date=2007-11-21 }}. Seminaire ENVR 2006, Point de Situation: Quand l'Histoire Nous Parle d'ENVR Localisation des ENVRs dans le Monde. Ministère des affaires étrangères et européennes, France (2008)</ref> In addition to training in Niger, army officers also train in France at the [[École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr]], in Morocco at the [[Académie Royale Militaire de Meknès (ARM)|Royal Military Academy of Meknès]], in Algeria and the US. With the growing cross-border threats of terrorism in West Africa, the Niger Army has benefited from training exercises with France and the U.S. The Niger Army has participated in the U.S. led Flintlock Exercise which it hosted in 2014.<ref name="africom1">[http://www.africom.mil/what-we-do/exercises/flintlock U.S. Africa Command Flintlock Exercise] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727105840/http://www.africom.mil/what-we-do/exercises/flintlock |date=2014-07-27 }}. Yearly Flinklock Exercise in Niger in 2014 (last retrieved on July 7/26/2014)</ref>