Abuja: By Our CORRESPONDENT Published, Saturday, August 26, 2023
THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT of Niger
Republic has given the ambassadors of Germany and Nigeria 48-hours to vacate its crisis-ridden country.
The Foreign Ministry of Niger Republic issued the quit notice to Germany to leave due to “the refusal of the German ambassador in Niamey to respond to an invitation” from the ministry for a meeting Friday and “other actions of the German government contrary to the interests of Niger”.
The leader of the putchists had earlier asked the French envoy to leave their country after the ambassador “refused to respond to an invitation” for a Friday meeting.
The military rulers accuse France of wanting to use military force to reinstate the democratically elected President, Mohamed Bazoum and claim that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is under French influence.
France currently has about 1,500 troops in Niger fighting the jihadist groups in the country and the broader Sahel region.
Recall that ECOWAS had threatened to invade the country if military coup leaders failed to return authority in the country to Bazoum who is currently being detained along with his family.
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