Niger: US announces partial evacuation of embassy

The United States has ordered the partial evacuation of its embassy successful Niger pursuing past week's coup.

Hundreds of overseas nationals person already been evacuated from the country, and connected Sunday the French embassy was attacked by protesters.

Coup person Abdourahamane Tchiani has warned against "any interference successful the interior affairs" of his country.

Niger is simply a important uranium shaper and lies connected a cardinal migration way to North Africa and the Mediterranean.

US authorities section spokesperson Matthew Miller said that, contempt the partial evacuation, the country's embassy successful the superior Niamey would stay open.

"We stay committed to the radical of Niger and our narration with the radical of Niger and we stay diplomatically engaged astatine the highest levels," helium said.