French president Emmanuel Macron said he would only take action at the demand of deposed Nigerien leader Mohamed Bazoum.
The junta said France had deployed military aircraft in countries like Ivory Coast, Senegal and Benin
Niger’s junta spokesman, Major Amadou Abdramane, said that France was also considering collaborating in such an intervention with the“France continues to deploy its forces in several ECOWAS countries as part of preparations for an aggression against Niger,” Maj Abdramane said late on Saturday in a statement broadcast on state television.Mr Macron said he would not directly respond to the junta’s claim when asked about it after the Group of 20 summit.
Since toppling Mr Bazoum, the junta in Niger, a former French colony, has leveraged anti-French sentiment among the population — asking the French ambassador and troops to leave — to shore up its support in resistance to regional and international pressure to reinstate the president.
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