PARIS: France has closed down its embassy in Niger until further notice, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, barely two weeks after the last French troops left the country in the wake of a coup ...

France's ambassador to Niger Sylvain Itté and several diplomatic staff left Niger in September France is closing its embassy in Niger indefinitely as tensions between the two countries escalate.

Niger’s military junta has banned the French aid group Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development, or Acted, from ...

"Just as a divorce between a man and a woman takes time, so too will Niger's divorce from France," he tells the crowd. Hundreds of protesters gather outside the French embassy each week After his ...

20 more embassy employees are reported to be inside the building DUBAI, August 28. /TASS/. French Ambassador to Niger Sylvain Itte is still staying in the embassy’s building, despite the fact ...

Niger’s National Council for the Safeguard ... remains committed to its pledge to protect the French Embassy in the African country’s capital, Niamey, the news website Asharq reported, citing ...

On Sunday, supporters of the junta burned French flags and attacked the French embassy in Niger's capital, Niamey, prompting police to fire volleys of tear gas in response. "Considering the ...

Niger's military junta is disputing a decision by French nuclear fuel firm Orano to halt uranium production, according to a document from a state partner in the venture seen Friday by Agence ...

adding that it was "constantly assessing the security and operating conditions of our embassy". President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday the ambassador would stay in Niger and reiterated France ...

"If France goes so far as to classify Niger as a red zone, then it's very simple: they close their embassy and their military base," Bachir said. "Any Nigerien concerned about the dignity of this ...

Aboubakar Alassane of the West Africa Peoples Organization (WAPO) explains how Nigeriens are enduring the consequences of ...