By Dominic James Stanley, Ginevra Fontana, and Angelantonio Duraccio The death of four American and five Nigerien soldiers in north-western Niger, along with France seeking authorisation to arm its remotely piloted aircrafts (RPAs) in the African Sahel, have recently brought the US and French presence in the area into the public discourse. Here, both the French and US military are shifting from traditional aerial »