LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The military junta in Niger has canceled the visa of the French ambassador and instructed police to expel him, after ordering the diplomat last week to leave the country. In the letter shared by local media on Thursday and attributed to the Nigerien Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the junta said, “The diplomatic…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Niger’s military rulers, who seized control of the government in July, gave the French ambassador 48 hours to leave the country, Niamey’s foreign ministry said in a statement Friday. Relations between the new regime in Niamey and several Western powers, as well as the West African bloc ECOWAS, have deteriorated since the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Mali on Monday said it was expelling the French ambassador in the light of “hostile” comments, a move likely to ratchet up tensions with its former colonial ruler and ally following a military coup. A statement read on national television said, “The ambassador of France in Bamako, his excellency Joel Meyer… was…