A through-line from every source I’ve read on the crisis is that there seems to be broad support across the country for the French military to remove their troops from Nigerien land. Another source: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/west-african-defence-chiefs-mull-response-niger-coup-2023-08-03/
The French refusal to relinquish military influence over their former colonial regions is a big part of why these popular coups have been seeking the support of Russia. If France and the West in general want to repair their relations with the people of the Sahel and steer them away from Russia, they need to reduce their military presence (assuming that has popular support) and begin providing reparations. This region was fucked over by the French and that has never been acknowledged fairly.
The article is about Nigeria’s willingness to intervene, not the origin of the coup that ousted the elected president. But I guess any article about the current crisis in Niger is a fair opening to take a shot at France.
Not a news piece but whatever goes to fight Western imperialism, am I right?
Reads news about Nigeria’s senate refusing to support military intervention in Niger, claims it’s not news and goes on to whinge that his empire is being portrayed in a negative light. Western propagandists aren’t what they used to be.
Your post history speaks for itself.
It does, I post factual information about world news mostly sourced from western media. The fact that this upsets you is entirely a you problem.
Yeah, whatever. You guys have fun
get a life
edit; to the coupe of people who follow me around downvoting my every comment, thanks for letting me know that I live rent free in your heads
It’s good that Niger is trying to unshackle themselves from French influence. But it did not need to be in exchange for another imperialist that is just as bad if not worse.
As I said in another thread, Niger is replacing the somewat flawed influence of a Western democracy with the fatal influence of a full out dictatorship. But in the end, it’s their choice, or that of their military rulers at least.