Niger's junta said late on Thursday that 400 French soldiers based in the southwestern town of Ouallam will be the first to leave the country after France announced that it would start withdrawing its troops this week, APA reports citing Reuters.
An aerial base in the capital Niamey, where the majority of French soldiers are stationed, will be dismantled by the end of the year, it said in a statement read out on national radio.
France said it would begin withdrawing its troops from coup-hit Niger this week after President Emmanuel Macron said last month he refused to be "held hostage" by the putchists and was ending military cooperation with the West African country.
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