# France denies inciting failed Niger mutiny, calls accusation ‘pure fantasy’

https://mins.news/en/item/46905

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-05 19:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/5/france-denies-inciting-failed-niger-mutiny-calls-accusation-pure-fantasy?traffic_source=rss

> France has rejected Niger’s allegation that Paris helped foment a mutiny in which soldiers attacked a military base and the presidential palace in Niamey, calling it “pure fantasy”. Niger has broadened its accusations to unnamed neighbours, while French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said France had neither the intention nor the means to mobilise such an operation.

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