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France closes 2023 with a diminished presence in Africa’s restive Sahel region, after withdrawing troops from three once-staunch allied countries collectively fighting an Islamist insurgency, and seeing its influence increasingly replaced by other powers, including Russia. The last French soldiers left Niger earlier this month, with Paris taking the unusual step of closing its embassy…

France is planning to close its embassy in Niger for an indefinite period as it is unable to carry out diplomatic tasks due to restrictions imposed by the ruling junta, a French embassy letter to... -December 21, 2023 at 03:58 pm EST - MarketScreener

After several weeks of tense diplomatic negotiations and saber-rattling between Niamey and Paris, President Emmanuel Macron’s government withdrew Ambassador

The instability and loss of civilian governance in the Sahel is a result of French policy and continued interference.

The July 2023 coup in Niger, one of the world’s key exporters of uranium, spurred disinformation and anti-French sentiment. Two months later, several social media posts claimed Niger had hiked the price of the commodity from less than one euro to 200 euros per kilogramme. But AFP Fact Check found that, although uranium is not sold in the open market like oil, and its spot prices are mostly fixed privately between sellers and buyers, its recent price hikes were influenced by a number of factors n