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Thousands join anti-France demonstration in Niamey, Niger

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Thousands take to the streets of Niamey, the Nigerien capital, to demand the removal of French troops from the country. Niger has braced for a weekend of planned anti-French rallies as tensions mount between the west African countries new military rulers and its traditional European ally. France has around 1,500 troops in Niger, many of them stationed at an airbase near the capital, deployed to help fight jihadist insurgency. IMAGES

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