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Macron says French ambassador ‘literally being held hostage’ in Niger

www.aljazeera.com Macron says French ambassador ‘literally being held hostage’ in Niger

France’s Sylvain Itte is living off ‘rations’, Macron says, accusing Niger’s ruling army of blocking food deliveries.

Macron says French ambassador ‘literally being held hostage’ in Niger

President Emmanuel Macron has said that France’s envoy to Niger is living like a hostage in the French embassy and accused military rulers of blocking food deliveries to the mission.

The ambassador is living off “military rations”, Macron told reporters in the eastern town of Semur-en-Auxois on Friday.

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