EU To Evacuate European Nationals From Niger

International

1-08-2023, 23:28

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INA - SOURCES

The European Union has decided to evacuate all its citizens from Niger in light of the recent military coup in the country, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Tuesday.

"We have also decided to repatriate European nationals, and we are currently in the process of carrying out this operation," Borrell said in his EU External Action blog.

However, the European Commission's humanitarian aid teams will remain in Niger to soften the blow of the coup on vulnerable populations in the country, he added.

On July 26, members of the Nigerien presidential guard said in a statement broadcast on national television that they had overthrown Bazoum, closed the borders and imposed a curfew in the country "until further notice." It came hours after the presidential guard detained the president at his residence and sealed off access to public offices in the capital Niamey.