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France’s withdrawal from Niger not a question of if, but when, according to analyst

By France24
01 October 2023   |   5:22 am
French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Sunday night that France will withdraw 1,500 military troops by the end of the year and that France, the former colonial power in Niger, refused to "be held hostage by the putchists."

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