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Niger Junta Orders Expulsion of Top UN Official


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NIAMEY — The junta that seized power in Niger has demanded that the head of the United Nations diplomatic mission there leave the country within 72 hours, according to a statement from the West African nation's foreign ministry seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

The statement, dated Oct. 10, accused the U.N. of using "underhanded maneuvers" instigated by France to prevent the full participation of Niger in the U.N. General Assembly last month and other international meetings.

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