US State Department orders evacuation of non-emergency personnel and family members from US Embassy in Niamey following military takeover in country
“On July 26, President Mohamed Bazoum was placed under house arrest amidst efforts to overthrow the democratically elected government of Niger. Subsequent events have severely limited flight options,” the State Department said in an updated travel advisory. “Given this development, on August 2, 2023, the Department ordered the departure of non-emergency U.S. government employees and eligible family members from Embassy Niamey,” it said. “The U.S.
An ordered departure does not mean that the US is shuttering its embassy or evacuating all of its diplomats, and officials have said that the situation on the ground in the capital city of Niamey is relatively calm. The roughly 1,100 US troops in Niger are not expected to leave the country at this point, two US officials told CNN Wednesday, but they have been restricted to military bases.
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