Niger coup supporters call for France ambassador, troops to leave country
Protesters rally outside a French military base calling for the ambassador and about 1,500 soldiers to leave.
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Protesters rally outside a French military base calling for the ambassador and about 1,500 soldiers to leave.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has recalled all Nigeria’s ambassadors, career and non-career, says Yusuf Tuggar, minister of foreign affairs, disclosed on Saturday
Protesters gathered near a base in Niamey housing French soldiers on Saturday, after a call by several civic organizations hostile to the French military presence.
Thousands rallied Saturday in the Niger capital Niamey to demand that former colonial ruler France withdraw its troops as sought by a junta which seized power in July.
Thousands of people have rallied in the Nigerien capital, Niamey, demanding from France to withdraw its ambassador and troops from the West African country immediately.