FRENCH Title: Putsch au Niger: Macron annonce que l’ambassadeur de France est “pris en otage”

Caption: French President Macron says French Ambassador to Niger Itte and other diplomatic staff being held “hostage” and forced to eat military rations at French Embassy in Niamey, Niger: News Outlet Photo via BFMTV.

  • tallwookie@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    if they’re truly being held hostage, doesnt that make it more likely that France will do some military things?

    • regul@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Niger wants him to leave, but Macron wants to manufacture a reason to intervene militarily.