French Troops to Withdraw from Niger: Impact and Implications

2023-09-24 20:29:05

Emmanuel Macron announced the withdrawal of French troops from Niger “by the end of the year”. A small detachment of Belgian soldiers is still present in the country, which experienced a coup d’état at the end of July. Article reserved for subscribers Head of the International division By Pauline Hofmann Published on 09/24/2023 at 10:29 p.m. Reading time: 1 min

It was only a matter of time. This Sunday evening, the French president announced during his interview on 8 p.m. on France 2 and TF1 the withdrawal “by the end of the year” of French troops in Niger. The French ambassador, whose situation had been precarious for almost a month, “will return to France in the coming hours”, indicated Emmanuel Macron on Sunday evening. The diplomat Sylvain Itté, whose departure the regime demanded, had “no longer the possibility of going out, he is persona non grata and we refuse to allow him to eat”, declared earlier in September the French head of state . Since the coup d’état in Niger at the end of July, the pressure had become unbearable for the 1,500 French soldiers.

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