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Jitendra Joshi

UK cuts number of embassy staff in coup-hit Niger

The Foreign Office said on Thursday it was scaling back operations at the UK embassy in Niger as several Britons were evacuated as part of a Western air-lift out of the restive West African country.

“Due to the security situation the British Embassy in Niamey is temporarily reducing the number of its staff,” an updated travel alert said.

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