The French president wants to withdraw all French troops from Niger. Military cooperation with the African country will end and French soldiers stationed there should return by the end of the year, Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday evening.
The coup plotters in Niger accuse Paris of preparing for a possible military intervention together with the West African confederation of states ECOWAS and recently closed the airspace to all French aircraft on Sunday.
Niger closes its airspace to French aircraft
Niger’s airspace is open to all domestic and international commercial flights “except for French aircraft or aircraft chartered by France, including those of Air France,” according to a statement dated Saturday evening and posted on the website of the Aviation Safety Authority for Africa and Madagascar . ASECNA) was published. The airspace remains closed to all military and special flights unless special permission is granted by authorities.
When asked by the AFP news agency, Air France said it does not use Niger’s airspace. The main airline for air traffic between Europe and Africa has suspended all flights to Niamey since August 7.
Niger’s airspace reopened on September 4 after a month-long closure. At the beginning of August, the country’s military leadership closed the airspace due to the “risk of intervention”. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) had threatened military intervention to reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum, who was ousted in a coup on July 26.
Source: Krone
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