France to pull ambassador, military contingent from coup-hit Niger
France has decided to withdraw its ambassador and military contingent from coup-hit Niger over the coming months, President Emanuel Macron announced...
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France has decided to withdraw its ambassador and military contingent from coup-hit Niger over the coming months, President Emanuel Macron announced...
France is to end its military cooperation with Niger and pull its 1,500 troops out of the African country by the end of the year after a military coup there in July,
President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday said France is imminently to withdraw its ambassador from Niger, followed by the French military contingent in the next months, in the wake of the coup in the west
The decision came after the coup leaders said they were closing Niger’s airspace to French planes, commercial and military.
President Emmanuel Macron announced Sunday that France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador out of the country as a result of the coup that removed the democratically elected president. Niger’s junta said in response that the announcement signals a “new step towards the sovereignty” of the country. “Imperialist and neo-colonialist…