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During his interview in the 8 p.m. news, the President of the Republic announced that the French ambassador to Niger would be repatriated. The soldiers present there will gradually return by the end of the year.
New demonstration in Niamey, the capital of Niger, in support of the putschists, with Russian flags and slogans anti French. On July 26, a group of soldiers took power in a coup d’état. Since then, the French ambassador in Niamey has been held hostage within the embassy itself. He is not free to come and go. An untenable situation which the President of the Republic put an end to on the evening of Sunday September 24. “France has decided to bring back its ambassador and therefore, in the coming hours, our ambassador with several diplomats will return to France“.
End of anti-terrorist operations
The putschists also demanded the departure of French soldiers present in Niger. “We are ending our military cooperation with the authorities of Niger car they no longer want to fight against terrorism”added Emmanuel Macron. Niger, like Burkina Faso and Mali, is threatened by jihadist groups. This is why France has a military presence there. 1,500 French people y are deployed. They will therefore leave gradually with a definitive withdrawal by the end of the year.