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This was one of Emmanuel Macron’s announcements on the evening of Sunday September 24, the 1,500 French soldiers will leave Niger by the end of the year. The ambassador is expected in France in a few hours.
HAS NOTiamey, the capital of Niger, there are few reactions in the streetss, Monday September 25 in the morningnot, after the announcement of the upcoming departure of French troops. No organized demonstratione, as was the case a few weeks agos, to demand the expulsion of the French ambassador and the 1,500 French soldiers stationed there. But today in front of a camera, some say they are very satisfiedits. After two months of standoff with the military regime, the French ambassador is expected to fly to France in a few hours. A final snub in the Sahel.
A Russian influence
One year ago, an image shocks in Burkina Faso: ofprotesters storming the French diplomatic representation. ThereEmbassy was partially burned. In February, France withdrew its troops from the country, just like in the Central African Republic or Mali a few months earlier. Ten years earlier, she was greeted with relief by a population frightened by the advance of jihadists towards the capital Bamako (Mali). The influence of the Russian Wagner militia troops on these countries and the coming to power of the putschist generals pushed France to end its presence in these Sahel countries.