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France's ambassador to Niger landed in Paris on Wednesday, after weeks of tension with the post-coup regime in the West African country who demanded his expulsion.

France’s ambassador to Niger landed in Paris Wednesday, the foreign ministry said, after weeks of tensions between Paris and the post-coup regime in the West African country who demanded his expulsion.

Just months after the UN security council greenlighted its peacekeepers' exit from Mali, a new report by the Stimson Centre warns of a "crisis of consent" between the body and the countries relying on its help. Meanwhile, France's announcement that it will bring some 1500 counterterrorism troops back from Niger…

The country announced that its airspace was "open to all national and international commercial flights except for French aircraft or aircraft chartered by France."

Niger, which reopened airspace at the start of September, says it welcomes all commercial flights except for French planes or flights chartered by French companies.

Emmanuel Macron’s announcement is significant, if expected, blow to France’s policy in Africa

This edition of Paris Perspective looks at the concept of Françafrique and the collapse of French influence in its former colonies. What have been the catalysts for the successive coup d’états in Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Niger and Gabon over the past three years?

France has maintained some 1,500 troops in Niger since the July coup

The change comes after Niger's democratically elected president was deposed in a coup. French troops pulled out of neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso in recent years after coups there.