The last French soldiers left Niger with an imperative for discretion at the end of 2023. Instructions had been given not to speak out.
The page has been turned, it is said a few weeks later, with the certainty that the military in power in Niamey, deprived of the French scapegoat, will soon find themselves confronted with internal dissensions.
Out of pragmatism, the United States and Germany chose to maintain relations with the junta.
The general staff was not moved, even if the choice of the German soldiers not to supply the French camp with blood bags “
left its mark
”, says a diplomat.
The episode took place at the start of the blockade imposed on the planned air base in Niamey.
The Americans had adopted the same posture, ensuring, like the Germans, that they would be there if necessary.
The situation then eased.
At the military level, relations between France and African countries are back and forth, recalls…
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