France ambassador to Niger being held hostage, says Macron
The French ambassador to Niger and other French diplomats are “literally being held hostage at the French embassy,” according to French president Emmanuel Macron.
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The French ambassador to Niger and other French diplomats are “literally being held hostage at the French embassy,” according to French president Emmanuel Macron.
Macron said on Friday that France's envoy to Niger is living like a hostage in the French embassy.
"we have an ambassador and diplomatic staff who are literally being held hostage in the French embassy as I speak. Food deliveries have been prevented, they are eating military rations and they are staying there because, quite simply, France, which supports democracy and considers that there..."
Emmanuel Macron says Sylvain Itte, France’s envoy to Niger Republic, is living like a hostage in the French embassy.
ATHENS: Under Niger’s new military administration, France’s ambassador has effectively been “taken hostage,” said President Emmanuel Macron.