Lawyers for Niger's ousted president on Friday rejected claims by the new military rulers that he had tried to escape, as France said its forces would be gone from the West African country by year's end as planned.Last month, Bazoum's lawyers said he had filed a legal case with a court of the Economic Community of West African States against those who deposed him.
Niger's post-coup military rulers have demanded that the United Nations coordinator in the West African country leave Niger before Saturday. The Niger foreign ministry said in the statement dated Tuesday and seen on Wednesday by the press that the government had ordered the UN's resident and humanitarian coordinator, Louise Aubin, "to take all necessary measures to leave Niamey within 72 hours".In a statement dated 10 October, Niger's foreign ministry accused the UN of using "underhanded manoeuv