French troop withdrawal from Niger will begin with 400 soldiers in southwest - Niger junta

An aerial base in the capital Niamey, where the majority of French soldiers are stationed, will be dismantled by the end of the year, it said in a statement read out on national radio.from coup-hit Niger this week after President Emmanuel Macron said last month he refused to be "held hostage" by the putchists and was ending military cooperation with the West African country.

The decision to pull 1,500 troops from Niger, where the military seized power on July 26, leaves a gaping hole in Western efforts to counter a decade-long Islamist insurgency in the Sahel and deals a blow to France's influence in the region. Niger's junta said it would ensure the departure was orderly, safe and carried out "in respect of our interests and conditions". It called on citizens to be vigilant during this "transition period".Taiwan has shown it is already independent and sovereign by electing its own president and has no need for a separate declaration of independence, the frontrunner to be the island's next leader said in an interview with Japanese media.

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