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Niger junta bans French planes from its airspace

A French plane at Niger's Diori-Hamani international airport in Niamey on 1 August to evacuate French and European citizens from the country. © AFP photo/handout/Etat Major des Armées

Niger, which reopened airspace at the start of September, says it welcomes all commercial flights except for French planes or flights chartered by French companies.

Hours before France announced it was withdrawing its ambassadors and troops from Niger, the country's military rulers said that its airspace was closed to French aircraft.

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