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Setting up your own party militia will be seen by the army (quite rightly) as an attempt to replace them, and will probably end up in a civil war.
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has conveyed its “revolutionary wishes” to the people of Niger on the nation’s 63rd year of independence from French colonial rule. Reports from Niamey, the capital of Niger on Thursday morning suggested that crowds had gathered, expressing support for the military rulers who deposed Niger's elected president and Western ally, Mohamed Bazoum last…
Former director general of Peter Obi's presidential campaign, Doyin Okupe, has called for a military onslaught on Niger by the Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led ECOWAS
France on Friday rejected a move by Niger's junta to scrap bilateral military pacts, saying only the west African country's "legitimate" leadership was entitled to do so. Meanwhile a regional Ecowas delegation…
By Vijay Prashad, Kambale Musavuli This article first appeared Aug. 1 on peoplesdispatch.org. The coup in Niger follows coups in Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea. Each of these was led by military officers angered by the presence of French and U.S. troops and by economic crises inflicted on their countries.…