Developments in Niger
France Negotiating With Junta For Withdrawal Of Its Troops From Niger France is mulling a military withdrawal from Niger in the wake of the July 26 coup, and as a stand-off unfolds over the demand to withdraw its ambassador from the country. France has some 1,500 troops in Niger, along with other Western allied troops – including Americans – but their presence has been unwelcome given Paris has supported threats from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to intervene militarily…