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France to withdraw ambassador and troops from Niger after coup, Macron says

A man watches France's President Emmanuel Macron on a television screen in Paris during a live interview broadcasted on the French TV channel TF1's evening news and French public television news channel France 2 on September 24, 2023. © Geoffroy van der Hasselt, AFP

President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced that France would withdraw its ambassador from Niger, followed by the French military contingent in the coming months, in a move welcomed by Niger's military leaders as a "step towards sovereignty".

Macron's announcement comes two months after a coup in the west African country that ousted the pro-Paris president.

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