France to withdraw ambassador and troops from Niger

Emmanuel Macron says he will consult coup leaders on withdrawal after two months of defying their expulsion order

France will withdraw its ambassador from Niger followed by the French military contingent in the next months, Emmanuel Macron has said in the aftermath of the coup in the west African country that ousted the pro-Paris president.

The French president’s announcement appeared to end two months of defiance in which Paris’s ambassador had been kept in place in Niamey despite coup leaders ordering him to leave.

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