On this episode of Fault Lines, host Jammarl Thomas and Melik Abdul discussed a number of topics from around the globe, including how the western mainstream media is portraying Niger coup and the political situation in that country as advantageous for Russia as US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland visits Niger.
One of west Africa's most influential leaders insisted on Wednesday that military intervention in Niger remains an option as part of a strategy to force coup leaders to hand back power to the democratically…
West African nations and the United States gave priority to diplomacy to end the crisis in coup-stricken Niger ahead of a regional summit on Thursday to consider options that include military intervention.
Coup leaders in Niger have named Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine as the country’s new prime minister in a statement read out on national television. Meanwhile US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken told RFI…