French ambassador to Niger leaves as relations nosedive after coup


  • World
  • Wednesday, 27 Sep 2023

NIAMEY (Reuters) -France's ambassador to Niger left the country early on Wednesday morning, around one month after the military government ordered his expulsion and days after President Emmanuel Macron said the diplomat would be pulled out and French troops withdrawn.

Relations between Niger and France, its former colonial ruler which maintained a military presence in the country to help fight Islamist insurgents, have broken down since army officers seized power in Niamey in July.

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