France Rejects Niger Accusations Over terrorists, Air Space

The French government rejects accusations by Niger's new military rulers that it freed "terrorists" and violated the country's air space, a government source said Wednesday.

Niamey accused France of having released several jihadists, and of allowing a military plane to enter its air space.

But the French government source told AFP that the flight in question had been "authorised by and coordinated with" Niger's armed forces.