Niger s junta has authorized troops from neighbouring Mali and Burkina Faso to come to its defence, raising the stakes in a standoff with other West African nations who are threatening force to reinstate Niger s democratically elected president.
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) Niger’s junta authorized troops from neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso to come to its defense and asked the French ambassador to leave the country Friday, raising the stakes in a standoff with other West African nations who are threatening force to reinstate Niger’s democratically elected president. The junta leader, Brig. Gen. […]
Niger’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the French ambassador has been asked to leave the country. The move further escalates the international crisis in the West African nation stemming from