After military coup: EU police mission in Niger must withdraw “as quickly as possible” Niger was considered the West's last democratic partner in the Sahel region; around 120 Europeans were stationed there on a reconstruction mission. After a raid on the EUCAP headquarters, they are told to leave the country.
In response to the coup, the EU stopped its budget support for the country in July 2023. For security reasons the EU did not want to provide any information about how many employees were still in the country to complete the withdrawal.