On Saturday 23 November, the European Union announced that its ambassador in Niamey, the Portuguese Salvador Pinto da França, had been recalled to Brussels following a “profound disagreement” with the transitional authorities in Niger over the EU delegation’s terms and management of the humanitarian aid provided to victims of the severe flooding that hit the country.
In response, the Nigerien military regime claimed that it had never requested aid from the EU and, having noted that...