Niger court orders expulsion of French ambassador

Niger’s top court approved the immediate expulsion of France’s ambassador, revoking his diplomatic immunity, according to a request addressed to the court’s president.

The development comes after France’s President Emmanuel Macron rejected the ruling junta’s demand to recall his ambassador a month after a coup disrupted relations between the two former allies.

On August 25, rebels demanded from the French ambassador to leave the country within 48 hours.

French Foreign Ministry declined the rebels' demand to the ambassador.