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President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that France's envoy to Niger is living like a hostage in the French embassy and accused military rulers of blocking food deliveries to the mission.
President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that France's envoy to Niger is living like a hostage in the French embassy and accused military rulers of blocking food deliveries to the mission.
(CNN) — The French ambassador to Niger and other French diplomats are “literally being held hostage at the French embassy,” according to French president Emmanuel Macron.
President Emmanuel Macron accuses Niger leaders of taking the French ambassador hostage.
President Emmanuel Macron has said that France’s envoy to Niger and diplomatic staff are being held hostage in the French embassy, accusing military rulers of blocking food deliveries to the mission. The ambassador is living off "military rations", Macron told reporters in the eastern town of Semur-en-Auxois. "As we speak, we have an ambassador and…