
25/09/2023
Image Source : AP French Ambassador Emmanuel Macron After putting up a defiant face to the military regime in Niger for several weeks post the military coup in July, France has finally relented as President Macron on Sunday announced the withdrawal of around 1,500 French troops from the country and pulled its ambassador from Niamey. This came after tensions between France and Niger, a former French colony, reached a boiling point after the July coup, when Niamey severed military ties with the latter and closer the Nigerien airspace for French commercial and military planes....
Image Source : AP French Ambassador Emmanuel Macron After putting up a defiant face to the military regime in Niger for several weeks post the military coup in July, France has finally relented as …