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A statement from Niger's military regime says the junta has revoked the diplomatic immunity of France’s ambassador and ordered police to expel him from the African country DAKAR, Senegal -- Niger's Military junta has revoked the diplomatic immunity of France's ambassador and ordered police to expel him from the West African country, according to a statement from the Military regime . The mutinous soldiers who ousted Niger’s president more than a month ago gave French Ambassador Sylvain Itte 48 hours to leave the country last week. The deadline expired on August 28 without France recalling Itte. The French government says it doesn't recognize the coup-plotters as the country's legitimate leaders. The communique sent by Niger's Ministry of Foreign Affairs earlier this week and seen by The Associated Press on Thursday said Itte "no longer enjoys the privileges and immunities attached to his status as a member of the diplomatic staff of the embassy....

The U.S. ambassador to South Africa has accused the country of providing weapons and ammunition to Russia CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- The U. S. ambassador to South Africa accused the country Thursday of providing weapons and ammunition to Russia for its war in Ukraine via a cargo ship linked to a sanctioned company that docked secretly at a naval base near the city of Cape Town in December. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said an investigation into the visit by a Russian vessel named Lady R to his nation's main naval base was already underway behind the scenes with the help of U.S. intelligence services before Ambassador Reuben Brigety went public at a news conference in the South African capital, Pretoria, that the cargo was weapons and ammunition. Brigety said the U.S. was certain that Military equipment was loaded onto the Lady R at the Simon’s Town naval base between Dec. 6 and Dec. 8 and then transported to Russia. He said it brought into question South Africa’s suppos...