🇳🇪🛫🇫🇷 #Niger: French troops have started their withdrawal after being ordered out of the country by the junta government. Roughly 1,400 French soldiers are based in Niamey, to assist Nigerien troops to fight IS & Al-Qaeda.
The first contingent has left the Ouallam (Niger Air Base 201 - A USAF drone base owned by Nigerien Armed Forces) base in Niger for Chad via road and air. The troops reportedly travelled till border under Nigerien escort in armoured vehicles.
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