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In 2022, France moved its counter-insurgency forces to Niger following its ouster from neighbouring Mali
04 August 2023 – 17:10 Katarina Hoije and Samy Adghirni
Niger’s military junta has ended several defence cooperation agreements with France, adding to uncertainty about Paris’s continued military engagement in the Sahel region.
The decision comes a year after France moved its counter-insurgency forces to Niger following its ouster from neighbouring Mali, another West African nation that suffered a coup. A French foreign ministry official said Paris took note of the junta’s communique but did not recognise the legitimacy of the Nigerien soldiers — who overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26 — to make such a decision…
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