Niger Coup Leaders End Military Cooperation With France, Deepening Concerns Over Anti-Western Turn - eviltoast
The new junta’s move to cut ties with Niger’s former colonial power came amid threats of a military intervention by other West African states.

The new junta’s move to cut ties with Niger’s former colonial power came amid threats of a military intervention by other West African states.

  • IchLiebeKetchup@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Well yes, but a coup needs popular support. If France paid a fair price for the nigerien uranium, the coup could maybe have been avoided in the first place and the chance of it succeeding would have been lower.