Former Nigerien army chief General Salifou Modi, embroiled in a coup, seeks support in Mali amidst regional turmoil and ECOWAS pressure for president's return
France and Italy are evacuating European citizens from Niger amid growing fears of conflict. The first military planes carrying mostly European nationals landed in Paris and Rome on Wednesday.
"It is also with this same unity and determination that we, as the European Union, support international efforts to restore constitutional order in Niger," she said."Things could have turned ugly but it still is nice to be back here," a French evacuee who gave his name as Charles told Reuters TV. France, the United States, Germany, and Italy have troops in Niger on counterinsurgency and training missions, helping the army to fight groups linked to al Qaeda and Daesh.
Any Western military intervention to restore democracy must be ruled out, as it would be"perceived as a new colonisation", said Italian foreign minister Antonio Tajani.
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