Macron says French ambassador ‘literally being held hostage’ in Niger | News

French ambassador Sylvain Itte is living off ‘military rations’, Macron says, accusing Niger’s ruling army of stopping food deliveries to the embassy.

President Emmanuel Macron has said 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.

The ambassador is living off “military rations”, Macron told reporters in the eastern town of Semur-en-Auxois on Friday.

“As we speak, we have an ambassador and diplomatic staff who are literally being held hostage in the French embassy,” he…