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Coverage dated September 14, 2023

French ambassador is being 'held hostage at the French embassy' in Niger, says Macron

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Macron said that "food was prevented from being delivered" to the embassy in Niamey, and that the ambassador was "eating military rations."

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  1. ABC 30 Fresno

    French ambassador is being 'held hostage at the French embassy' in Niger, says Macron (opens ABC 30 Fresno)

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    Macron said that "food was prevented from being delivered" to the embassy in Niamey, and that the ambassador was "eating military rations."

  2. Digital Journal

    Macron says ambassador to Niger ‘literally held hostage’ (opens Digital Journal)

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    France is accusing Niger of blocking food deliveries to its embassy - Copyright POOL/AFP/File Brendan SmialowskiPresident Emmanuel Macron said on Friday 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.

  3. Deutsche Welle

    Macron says France's Niger ambassador a 'hostage' in embassy – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Niger's coup leaders have tried to expel France's ambassador, but Paris says it doesn't recognize their authority to order him out. Macron said on TV he was "literally" a "hostage," stuck in the French Embassy in Niamey.

  4. France 24

    French ambassador to Niger 'held hostage' in embassy, President Macron says (opens France 24)

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    President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday 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.

  5. Al Jazeera

    Macron says French ambassador ‘literally being held hostage’ in Niger (opens Al Jazeera)

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

  6. KEYT Santa Barbara

    French ambassador is being ‘held hostage at the French embassy’ in Niger, says Macron | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    By Dalal Mawad and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — The French ambassador to Niger and other French diplomats are “literally being held hostage at the

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