After the recent attack on the French embassy in Niamey, European nationals have launched evacuation efforts amid fears of a growing crisis in Niger following the sudden military coup.
On Sunday, thousands of junta supporters surging through the streets of the national capital, Niamey, waving Russian flags and denouncing France, fuelling the evacuation efforts.
Denouncing the violent attack, French President Emmanuel Macron's office, in a statement, said, "The President will not tolerate any attack against France and its interests". The office mentioned that it would respond to attacks against French diplomats, armed forces or businesses.
The military general said that the troops took over the government due to several problems related to economic crises and corruption, and vowed to fulfill Niger's international commitments.
The French and American governments have voiced their concerns and encouraged conservatives to turn the other way. Bazoum's government has made Niger one of the West's main partners against the Islamic insurgency in Africa's Sahel region.
Col Maj Amadou Abdramane, with nine other formally dressed fighters behind him, said on Wednesday, "We, the protection and security powers... have chosen to stop the system you know."
It is worth mentioning Niger is a landlocked West African nation and had experienced four coup attempts since its independence from France in 1960. The state is one of the most unstable nations in the world.
The announcement from the State Department comes weeks after four US Green Berets were killed in Niger when militants ambushed them.
Three US Army special operations commandos were killed Wednesday and two others were wounded when they came under fire in southwest Niger.
Thirty-two troops have been killed in a clash with Boko Haram fighters on Niger's border with Nigeria, Niger's defence ministry said today, one of deadliest tolls inflicted by the jihadists.
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