A handout photograph released by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE) shows passengers queuing outside Diori Hamani international airport in Niamey on August 2, 2023. (AFP)
The French government said Thursday it had flown 1,079 people out of Niger as its evacuation operation ended in the west African country hit by a coup.
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Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Twitter, being rebranded as X, that the evacuated French and foreign nationals “are now safe.”
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