The State Department on Wednesday announced a partial pullout of embassy personnel from Niger, a signal hopes are fading that international pressure will be able to reverse the ouster of its elected president.
Key embassy leadership will remain in place in Niger, the announcement said, but the embassy has suspended routine services and will only be able to provide emergency assistance to U.S. citizens in the country.
, but the leader of the presidential guard led an effort to depose him last week, and he remains surrounded by gunmen in the presidential residence.French and Italian military aircraft began an evacuation of European citizens in Niger on Tuesday, after demonstrators on Sunday attacked the French embassy, and some U.S. citizens already departed on the flights.
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