Niger suspends cooperation with international Francophone body | Military

The Nigerien military government has disengaged from multiple foreign partners since the coup in July.

Niger has suspended all cooperation with the International Organisation of Francophone nations (OIF), its military leaders said, as it progressively severs ties with former colonial ruler France.

The 88-member body “has always been used by France as an instrument to defend French interests”, a spokesperson for Niger’s military government said on national television late on Sunday.

The military seized power in a coup in July which was strongly condemned by France and other Western…