2023-09-02 23:28:57
MADRID, 2 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Niamey to demand the immediate departure of the French troops from Niger precisely when the deadline given by the authorities of the military junta that governs the country for them to leave the territory of the country expires this Saturday. african nation.
The protests have focused on the main base used by French troops, Base 101, while the security forces maintain the blockade of the French Embassy to force the French ambassador, Sylvain Itté, to leave the country.
The protesters have called for the “expulsion” of the French soldiers and an end to the war, as well as the end of the “interference” of the former colonial power with the “immediate and unconditional” departure of the troops, reports the ActuNiger portal.
“We have met again today in front of the French military base in Niamey to demand the final and unconditional departure of the French neocolonial army from our country and we want through this peaceful and popular demonstration to ask the French authorities to reason while they are still there is time,” said Boulamine Moustapha, spokesman for the Single Action Framework of the Living Forces of Change (CUAFVC), a civil society organization.
The protests began on Friday: “Our movement has decided to hold a permanent three-day rally starting this Friday, September 1, 2023 in coordination with various religious and civil society organizations,” he explained.
The National Council for the Safeguarding of the Fatherland (CNSP), as the coup junta is called, seized power in a coup on July 25 under the leadership of Abdourahamane Tchiani after overthrowing President Mohamed Bazoum.
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