France cuts off aid to Niger amid growing Western condemnation of coup
France cuts off aid to Niger amid growing Western condemnation of coup
The European Union and France have cut off financial support to Niger and the United States has threatened to do the same after military leaders this week announced they had overthrown the democratically…
Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world, receiving close to $2 billion a year in official development assistance, according to the World Bank.
It is also a key security partner of Western countries such as France, the former colonial power, and the United States, which both use it as a base for their efforts to contain an Islamist insurgency in West and Central Africa's Sahel region.
Previously seen the most stable country among several unstable neighbours, Niger is the world's seventh-biggest producer of uranium.
Niger's foreign allies so far have refused to recognize the new military government led by General Abdourahamane Tiani, previously head of the presidential guard, who officers declared head of state on Friday.
Bazoum has not been heard from since early Thursday when he was confined within the presidential palace, although the European Union, France and others say they still recognize him as the legitimate president.
"In addition to the immediate cessation of budget support, all cooperation actions in the domain of security are suspended indefinitely with immediate effect," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a statement.
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I was in Niger in 2015 and the mine outside of Agadez hired everyone to come and work which left schools lacking teachers because pay was better at the mine. Then they closed it down and teachers went to find other jobs.
I have been to dysfunctional countries before but this was pretty bad. The government was shaky then and basically the military takes bribes for anything. Wells that NGOs paid to have dug are basically cement slabs on grade and no well.
The complicated history, culture, colonialism and people really leave shallow options for improvement. Coups are a part of Niger unfortunately. It sucks because the culture and the people are really amazing.
I wonder what Sidi Amar and the Tuareg are up to. Probably kicking some ass as usual.
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I lived in Niger from '86 to '92 as a kid. It's sad to see a country in which I spent my formative years in such bad shape. There are so many wonderful Nigeriens that don't deserve this
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nah i think its like this: the french are imperialists and never stopped being imperialists which is why they are in trouble now with their ancient energy supply. cant buy your resources in both places that sell uranium: russia and niger.
french could have cared about niger but what the french actually cared about the entire time was just uranium. and now their stupidity bit them in the ass.
i mean last summer they couldnt run their nuclear reactors because of the heat and no water. what did the french so? NOTHING. as always.
i hope the french stay out of niger as their reasons are just greed.
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cant buy your resources in both places that sell uranium: russia and niger.
The world's two biggest uranium producers are Canada and AustraliaClose allies Canada and Australia are two of the world's biggest producers, not to mention many other countries like Namibia (see exchange with schroedingershat below)i mean last summer they couldnt run their nuclear reactors because of the heat and no water. what did the french so? NOTHING. as always.
I don't understand what this has to do with Niger at all. What could France have possibly done in Niger that would have made the summer in France less hot?
France is taking a position in alignment with the African Union and ECOWAS here. Are you really saying that France should be financially supporting a military coup?
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Russia is doing stuff in Niger right now. Supporting anti-france protests. I can't tell why. You're answering a Russian troll here.
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The world’s two biggest uranium producers are Canada and Australia
You misspelled Kazakhstan and Namibia. Niger also has massive mines, but is very unstable. It's consistently top ten and often top five though,
Why do nukebros always lie about every single easily checked detail every single time without fail?
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