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Niger junta orders expulsion of French envoy, revokes diplomatic immunity

A patrol of the Niger national police drives past the French Embassy in Niamey on August 28, 2023. © AFP

Niger's military junta has revoked the diplomatic immunity of France's ambassador and ordered police to expel him from the country, according to a statement from the military regime.

The mutinous soldiers who ousted Niger’s president more than a month ago gave French Ambassador Sylvain Itte 48 hours to leave the country last week. The deadline expired on August 28 without France recalling Itte.

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