On Monday 27 May, the EU Council decided not to extend the European Union Military Partnership Mission in Niger (EUMPM) beyond 30 June 2024, following the decision of the Political and Security Committee ambassadors on 23 April to the same effect.
On 4 December 2023, the Niger junta announced that it would terminate the agreement establishing the legal basis for the deployment of both the EUMPM mission and EUCAP Sahel Niger (see EUROPE B13307A20). In a letter dated 21 December 2023,...