Niger expels staff of Libyan Embassy

By WITH ANALYSIS FROM MONITOR CORRESPONDENTS AROUND THE WORLD; EDITED BY HILARY DEVRIES

January 14, 1981

Niamey, Niger

Niger has told all Libyan Embassy staff to leave within 48 hours, the minister of information reported, saying the expulsion was due to the transformation of the Libyan Embassy into a "People's Bureau" without consultation. The move follows similar decisions against Libyan diplomats in Nigeria an d Mauritania.