Niger: Military Junta Orders Police To Expel French Ambassador – Macron Questions Legitimacy of Coup Leaders, Threatens Response if Military or Diplomatic Facilities Are Targeted
The situation in the west African nation of Niger seems to be edging towards a military confrontation with former colonial power France..
The coup leaders have declared void all military agreements with France, gave ultimatums for the withdrawal of French troops and of the French Ambassador.
Macron has ignored all these decisions by Niger, a decision that moves the parties towards a confrontation.
Reuters reported:
“Niger’s ruling junta has ordered police to expel France’s ambassador, a move marking a further downturn in relations, and one that authorities in Paris said the army officers who seized power in Niamey last month had no authority to make.
The coup’s leaders are following the strategy of juntas in neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso in distancing themselves from the region’s former colonial power amid a wave of anti-French sentiment.
