The deadline given by Niger for French troops to leave the country's territory

  The National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, (National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, CNSP), which was recently formed by the leaders of the military coup in Niger, has asked France to ensure that by September 3, it has removed the armed forces of those in the country. The council's representative reminded that France was given a 30-day deadline to withdraw its troops from Niger; and noted that the semester will end on the 3rd of the next month of September and will not be extended after that; therefore, the commanders of the French army will bear the responsibility for whatever happens. On July 26, 2023, Niger's presidential bodyguards staged a coup against the country's president, Mohamed Bazoum; and the head of the guards, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, announced himself as the new leader of the country and the head of the transitional council.

After the revolution, France, which has given itself the right to have many and great interests in the African country of Niger located in the Sahel region, not only condemned the action taken by the army, but also called for the reinstatement of the overthrown president Mohammed Bazoum. The position of France was supported by other Western countries. This happened, while there are many complaints among the people of Niger about the presence of French soldiers in their country, and there have been many calls to ask the military government to cut the food ration and electricity and water allocation to the French camp located in the city the head of Niger Niamey to force the French troops to leave the country. In addition to that, the military government of Niger has surrounded the French embassy in Niamey, and cut off the water and electricity to the embassy building with the aim of forcing the French ambassador and his staff to leave the country. Niger's military council has accused the French government of what it called "military intervention" in Niger after Mohamed Bazoum was ousted from power. It will be recalled that the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that it supports "sincerely" any efforts by the Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS to restore Bazoum to power. After the removal of its military forces in the countries of Mali and Burkina Faso, in recent years, France had directed its new foreign policy strategy in Niger in order to achieve its geopolitical goals in West Africa. However, the recent revolution in Niger has challenged the plans of Paris in that country and made it face great stakes and obstacles.

Niger is one of the main guarantors of the uranium ore needed by France's nuclear reactors, but its shipments to Paris have been halted after the recent coup. Apparently, there is a big campaign started in Africa to deal with the neo-colonial actions and agreements of European countries, especially France, which has gained momentum especially after the recent revolution in Niger and the suspension of uranium sales to France. In fact, the presence of France in West African countries in the Sahel region for several years now, including Burkina Faso and Niger and the political and economic exploitation it is doing to those countries on the one hand; and continuing to impoverish the citizens of those countries on the other hand, has made many citizens of Burkina Faso and Niger oppose the presence of France in their countries. And this in a situation where, the current state of affairs is not pleasant for France, which supplies Niger's mines with a lot of fuel used in its nuclear reactors and has many contracts with Burkina Faso.

 In relation to the issue, Michael Shurkin, a senior expert at the Atlantic Council says: "considering the history of colonialism in Africa, the new generation of Africa sees the West as the cause of poverty, corruption, narrow political ideas in Africa and the situation they are in. currently African countries, and believes that France bears the responsibility and responsibility for the emergence of the current prevailing situation. African countries, which for about five centuries were covered and burdened by the heavy cloud of French colonialism, now one after another of the other, they are spreading themselves to break the chains of colonialism and exploitation of that European country. Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are three countries that have now left the circle in the past one year, and recently, Gabon has become the fourth country to join the list of the countries that made a military coup in Africa. The Politico website has written the following on the issue: "Gabon was seen as the basis and axis of the Françafrique system, which includes countries whose leaders have been receiving political and military support from France against and benefiting from Paris for commercial opportunities, especially to obtain the natural resources of those countries".