NIAMEY: Niger's new military rulers have stripped France's ambassador of diplomatic immunity and ordered police to expel him, according to a letter seen on Thursday by AFP, a move that ratchets up tensions with the country's traditional ally.
The move follows a coup in the troubled Sahel state on Jul 26 that toppled a close French ally, President Mohamed Bazoum. French military spokesman Colonel Pierre Gaudilliere on Thursday warned that"the French military forces are ready to respond to any upturn in tension that could harm French diplomatic and military premises in Niger".France has around 1,500 troops in Niger, many of them stationed at an airbase near the capital, that are deployed to help fight a bloody militant insurgency.
It is also battling two jihadist insurgencies - a spillover in southeastern Niger from a long-running campaign in neighbouring Nigeria, and an offensive in the southwest of the country by militants crossing from Mali and Burkina Faso.
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