Niger: UK tells nationals to stay inside amid unrest

British nationals successful Niger are being urged to registry their whereabouts with the UK authorities amid unrest sweeping the West African country,

It has urged British nationals successful the state to enactment indoors.

The UK Foreign Office is understood to beryllium intimately monitoring the fast-moving concern and is keeping its plans nether review.

Its question proposal has been updated to counsel against each question to Niger.

It is unclear however galore British nationals are successful the country. BBC News has asked the Foreign Office for a fig but has not received a response.

Officials are thought to beryllium liaising with different countries connected the ground, including France, the erstwhile assemblage powerfulness successful Niger.

The authorities successful Paris announced evacuation plans for the astir 600 French nationals successful the state aft hostile crowds surrounded its embassy connected Sunday.

It said a constricted fig of flights would instrumentality spot "very soon" due to the fact that of the "deteriorating information situation" successful the superior metropolis Niamey.

A connection from the French overseas ministry said it would besides assistance different European nationals permission the state if necessary.

The Italian authorities said it was putting connected a "special formation for those (Italians) who privation to permission the country", AFP reported. It said determination are astir 500 Italian nationals successful Niger.

German citizens successful Niger - who are thought to fig less than 100 - person been urged to permission the state aboard planes organised by France.

The Spanish authorities said it is preparing to evacuate astir 70 of its citizens.

On Sunday the UK authorities announced it was suspending semipermanent improvement assistance to Niger successful effect to the coup, but volition proceed spending connected humanitarian aid.

Andrew Mitchell, the curate for improvement and Africa, called for the deposed President Mohamed Bazoum to beryllium "immediately reinstated to reconstruct law order".