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Berlin announced the suspension of its development aid and budget support to Niger after the military coup against elected President Mohamed Bazoum.
Berlin announced the suspension of its development aid and budget support to Niger after the military coup against elected President Mohamed Bazoum. In addition, Berlin is in the process of examining the entire bilateral commitment in Niger. Based on the developments in the coming days, Germany possibly will take other measures, said the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The German government reiterated its condemnation of the coup, emphasizing that the situation there was moving and that the international community’s efforts were continuing to obtain a return to democratic order.
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Germany has not planned the evacuation of its nationals from Niger, which is quite likely for those who work neither for the embassy nor for the German army. Germany is prepared for a deterioration of the situation but that does not seem to be the case yet, a spokesperson for the German foreign ministry said. A hundred German soldiers are stationed in Niger. In the capital, Niamey, there is a critical Bundeswehr air base, which is used in particular for the withdrawal of the German army from Mali, a neighboring country.
