Niger’s new military leaders have accused France of amassing forces for a possible military intervention in the country following the coup in July.
FILE - French Barkhane Air Force mechanics maintain a Mirage 2000 on the Niamey, Niger base, on June 5, 2021. Nigeriens are preparing for war against regional countries threatening to invade, three weeks after mutinous soldiers ousted the nations democratically elected president.
“France continues to deploy its forces in several ECOWAS countries as part of preparations for an aggression against Niger,” Abdramane said late Saturday in a statement broadcast on state television. "If we redeploy anything, it will only be at the demand of Bazoum and in coordination with him, not with those people who are holding a president hostage," he said.considering a military interventionSince toppling Bazoum, the junta in Niger, a former French colony, has leveraged anti-French sentiment among the population —and troops to leave — to shore up its support in resistance to regional and international pressure to reinstate the president.
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