"No
such request has been made to the U.S. government," the
spokesperson said after AFP reported that Niger had given the
U.S. ambassador 48 hours to leave the African country.
The United States has been pressing for a diplomatic resolution
of the crisis that erupted on July 26 when Niger military
officers seized power, deposed President Mohamed Bazoum and
placed him under house arrest.
The new U.S. Ambassador to Niger Kathleen Fitzgibbons only
arrived in the capital, Niamey, earlier this month.
(Reporting by Jasper Ward; editing by Costas Pitas, Chris Reese
and Rosalba O'Brien)
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