[ May 16, 2024 ]
There’s another war brewing – this time on the African continent.
The United States has ordered the partial evacuation of its embassy in Niger following last week’s coup.
The BBC is reporting that hundreds of foreign nationals have already been evacuated from the country.
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Coup leader Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani has warned against “any interference in the internal affairs” of the country.
Niger is a significant uranium producer and lies on a key migration route to North Africa and the Mediterranean.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken told Niger President Mohamed Bazum in a telephone conversation that Washington intends to seek the return of power to the legitimate government of this African country. This is stated in a written statement by the head of the press service of the State Department, Matthew Miller.
Blinken with the ousted president of Niger: We are committed to restoring the democratically elected government
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken spoke by phone with the deposed president of Niger, Mohamed Bazuma, and said that the US remains committed to restoring the… pic.twitter.com/uRoRYdkwph
— S p r i n t e r F a c t o r y (@Sprinterfactory) August 3, 2023
BREAKING: The EU is ready support a military operation against Niger if requested by the the Western puppet governments in ECOWAS 🇳🇪🇫🇷🇪🇺 pic.twitter.com/UTEWlm5yJz
— Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle) August 1, 2023
Members of Niger’s presidential guard announced on Wednesday night that they had overthrown President Mohamed Bazoum. The group, which is calling itself the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Country, named Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani as the country’s new leader on Friday.
While Blinken issued warnings on Saturday, France and the European Union opted to cut off financial assistance to the country, maintaining that Bazoum is “only legitimate president of Niger” and calling for his return to power, according to Al Jazeera.
The President of Côte d'Ivoire announced the readiness of the country's armed forces to take part in the invasion of Niger.
The media also reported that since yesterday, Nigeria has cut off electricity supplies to neighboring Niger, where a coup took place.
According to AFP,… pic.twitter.com/WmTnmSHD3y
— S p r i n t e r F a c t o r y (@Sprinterfactory) August 3, 2023
Niger plays an important role for Western countries. There are their troops, the American base of military pilots for France. For the latter, relations with Niger are strategically important .
The coup in Niger will enable Russia to unite its African allies in a single space… pic.twitter.com/SJcVTmHirc
— S p r i n t e r F a c t o r y (@Sprinterfactory) August 3, 2023
Italy Warns Western Intervention in Niger Would Be Seen as 'Colonization' pic.twitter.com/Y4FGBliBEv
— S p r i n t e r F a c t o r y (@Sprinterfactory) August 3, 2023
The people of Niger are rising up 💫 "We have uranium, we have diamonds, we have gold, we have oil and we live like slaves? We will not put up with that. The French base in Niger must go.” pic.twitter.com/wGJOAnp7SQ
— Peacemaker (@peacemaket71) August 3, 2023
Authorities in Mali and #Burkina Faso issued a joint statement on the situation in Niger, where they warned #ECOWAS against an invasion and said an attack on Niger would mean an attack on #Mali and Burkina Faso. #NigerCoup pic.twitter.com/HjzevCsqhy
— Biafra First Son (@Biafra_FirstSon) August 3, 2023
Niger’s civil society mobilizes the nation to fight for freedom from foreign interference
By Sam Mednick, AP August 3, 2023
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger ‘s ruling junta and civil society groups called on the nation to mobilize in the capital on Thursday to fight for the country’s freedom and push back against foreign interference.
“We are talking about the immediate departure of all foreign forces,” Mahaman Sanoussi, interim coordinator for the M62 civil society group that’s organizing the protest, told The Associated Press. “(We’ll mobilize) against all forms of threats to continue the struggle for the sovereignty of the people. The dignity of the Nigerian people will be respected by all without exception.”
The march falls on the West African nation’s independence day from its former colonial ruler, France, and as anti-French sentiment spikes, more than one week after mutinous soldiers ousted the country’s democratically elected president. Protests are expected throughout the capital, Niamey, to push back against foreign meddling.
The coup has been strongly condemned by Western countries, many of which saw Niger as the last reliable partner for the West in efforts to battle jihadis linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group in Africa’s Sahel region. Russia and Western countries have been vying for influence in the fight against extremism.
Not everyone is hostile to last week’s coup in Niger. Neighboring Burkina Faso and Mali have taken the unusual step of declaring that foreign military intervention in Niger would be a declaration of war against them, too. Both have had coups in recent years.
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15 Comments
9 months ago
The progressive, commies, demoncraps, and RINOs will get us into any war they can so that they get the military war machine making weapons and producing more income. Unfortunately many of the parts come from china, as the US is no longer self sufficient as they used to be many years ago.
9 months ago
Reply to
Snowedin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBnr5Jv4KYQ
Did the populist/libertarian media forget to mention this was another proxy-coup by Putin?
He just overthrew the Nigerian government.
Maybe someday, alt-media will understand that for Russia and China, this isn’t just about one country like Ukraine or just one uranium producing country like Nigeria.
Last edited 9 months ago by T D
9 months ago
Reply to
T D
Russian State TV propaganda quotes in 2022:
“The USSR is my Motherland. I’ve given an oath to the Soviet Union of the Socialist Republics.”
“Where do the borders of Russia End?”
“(Our president) Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin cleary said: NOWHERE.”
Last edited 9 months ago by T D
9 months ago
Reply to
T D
Another Russian proxy-coup this week. In Africa. for uranium no doubt.
Maybe one day, the neo-populists will get it.
Hitler showed-up and also talked about his Manifest Destiny to rule; but the isolationists and anti-war people like Neville Chamberlain didn’t believe him or cared.
Last edited 9 months ago by T D
9 months ago
Reply to
Snowedin
Don’t get me wrong.
While NATO can’t ignore Russia and China, the US should NOT send boots on the ground or pilots to Nigeria. FRANCE should take care of Niger, since it’s really their sphere.
Macron needs to stop dancing at night clubs and pull his weight in NATO.
9 months ago
The other thing: El Salvador’s president is right, because this regime is viciously persecuting Trump, we as a government no longer have any right or business lecturing other nations about “democracy” or “political persecution.”
9 months ago
Reply to
From a Remote Location
It was a proxy-coup.
Putin just overthrew the Nigerian government.
9 months ago
“We have uranium, diamonds, gold and oil, and we live like slaves”
It’s remarkable how those things are more valuable than our lives.
The rulers controlling those things use them to make slaves.
We The People in the USA were enslaved long ago, and we have all those things.
We have been marching around the globe for a century trying to save everyone else at the expense of our own children and grandchildren, while our own nation is poisoned and murdered by every conceivable means. Our children are abused and dying in front of our eyes and they are already slaves, ensnared to 33 trillion dollars of debt to our enemy.
I would mention the lesson behind “ensnaring even one of these little ones”, but who would listen?
9 months ago
Russia is not foreign in Niger?
9 months ago
Reply to
Armaros
No, according to some neo-populists and neo-libertarians, Russia is merely a defensive country that stays within its own sphere of influence.
They only overthrow governments through proxy-coups in Africa and insert themselves in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by funding Jihadists like Hamas, Iran, Hezzbolah. But other than that, Russia is merely a defensive country that stays within it’s own sphere. It’s all good.
9 months ago
Reply to
Armaros
Yes, another one of Putin’s proxy-wars in Africa this week. This time setting up a puppet regime in Nigeria.
Just like his proxy-war in the Donbass region in 2014 where the separatists were overthrowing governments and renaming the areas after Stalin and other Soviet figures.
9 months ago
Winken, Blinken and Nod are now running US policy in Africa.
What could possibly go wrong?
9 months ago
If Blinken is involved…the whole situation will only get MUCH worse in just a little bit of time.
9 months ago
Restore democracy first in our country. We’re living in an evil dictatorship!
9 months ago
Reply to
Stephen Honig
While we can’t ignore Russia and China, we should NOT put boots on the ground or pilots in the air.
It’s the French that need to send boots and aircraft since this is more their area. They need to pull their weight in NATO. But NATO can’t ignore uranium or resources.
