Niger junta expels French envoy, threatens French base

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1 年前

STORY: The protest came on the same day Niger's junta, which seized power in a coup on July 26, ordered the French ambassador to leave the country within 48 hours, a sign of further deterioration in relations between coup leaders and the West.

Like recent coups in neighbouring Burkina Faso and Mali, the military takeover in Niger came amid a growing wave of anti-French sentiment, with some locals accusing the European country of interfering in their affairs.

Niger has strategic significance as one of the world's biggest producers of uranium and as a base for French, U.S. and other foreign troops that are helping to fight Islamist militant groups in the region.