Red Cross closes Niger offices and foreign staff leave after junta's expulsion order

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Red Cross closes Niger offices and foreign staff leave after junta's expulsion order

Mark Banchereau

Associated Press Published: June 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM Updated: June 6, 2025 at 7:42 AM Tags: Patrick Youssef , World news FILE - Medical staff with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and South Sudan Red Cross, move a wounded patient to an ambulance in Akobo, South Sudan, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Joseph Falzetta, file) (Joseph Falzetta, Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

DAKAR – The International Committee of the Red Cross announced the closure of its offices in Niger and the departure of its foreign staff, four months after the ruling junta ordered the organization to leave the country.

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