France to withdraw ambassador and troops from Niger

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France will imminently 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 over the coup, which had seen Paris keep its ambassador in place in Niamey despite him being ordered by the coup leaders to go. “France has decided to withdraw its ambassador,” Macron told French television in an interview, without giving details over how this would be organised. “In the next hours...