5d ago

Niger announces nationalisation of its only gold mine

www.vanguardngr.com

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Niger’s military government has announced the nationalisation of the country’s sole industrial gold mine, accusing its Australian operator of “serious breaches” as the junta seeks greater control of natural resources.

The military junta has ruled the West African nation since seizing power in a 2023 coup, promising to crack down on Niger’s myriad security issues.

Juntas in Niger, neighbouring Burkina Faso and Mali have ramped up pressure on foreign mining companies in recent years, with Niger nationalising the local branch of French uranium giant Orano in June.

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So the nation can share its own wealth instead of bowing to modern day colonialism
- Let's hope so. Military juntas don't have a great track record though.
  
  Neocolonialism wasn’t doing the country any favors either
- It's a military dictatorship, that wealth is going to the military leadership, and no one else.
  
  No, that's not how it works. Previously, all of the wealth was going to Australian imperialists and a few compradors, now that wealth stays within Niger. Through opposing Australian imperialism and nationalizing industry, Niger gets to use that wealth on developing themselves, which is in the interests of the proletariat of Niger. This is a fantastic thing, and you're finger-wagging them for kicking out the imperialists.
I got a little giddy, did a little jig and crossposted someone else's article. Apologies to you and the mods, , I deleted it now, but this is excellent news!
- I don't mind crossposts. And this is indeed great news for the Global South.
  
  You're so generous, and I do appreciate it. It would have been two articles about the topic in World News, so I just saved the mods an unnecessary step. You posted first, so naturally your post should remain. The source from the other article was Barron's if you're curious.
Fuck yea. Imperialists out!
WaPo next week: "Authoritarianism is on the rise in Niger"
Based and correct
Fuck yeah, nationalize the whole continent.
Fuck yeah
- I'd approve more if it wasn't a military dictatorship doing this.
  It never ends well.
  
  Niger should have the ability to chart its own course. Nationalizing industry previously imperialized by the west is the only way out of the thumb of imperialism and underdevelopment, Niger doesn't need the approval of foreigners in order to exert their own sovereignty.
  
  Good thing the people of Niger don't need your fucking approval.
  Take this chauvinist bs somewhere else.
Amazing
Rad.
W
Imperialism slowly dying
- Acceleraring its demise, too!
  
  yes!
lessgo
Lol.
I saw this and was going to say "I kinda wanna say this is good, but I'm skeptical of Niger's government to share the wealth with its people etc etc." and then I see "Niger's military government" in the preview.
Sigh.
- So instead of wanting Niger to have sovereignty over its own industry, you'd trust western imperialists to share the wealth more? This is absurd, the only way to kick out imperialists is through nationalization of imperialized industry.
  
  Gonna block ya.
  The bad faith arguments and dogpiling to fit in gets old.
- I gotta admit, you're about the 5th hexbear user within the past hour that has responded to me with unintelligible nonsense.
  I gotta see if it's possible to block your instance as a whole, now.
- Boo hoo our imperial corporations can no longer terrorize this piece of africa, continuing in our proud colonialist legacy. Yes lets be sceptical of the military kicking them out(hopefully). Lets address THEIR democratic record. Who do you think you can fool here? When the government in Burkina Faso took power same argument could be made. Yet they invest massively in for example agriculture industry. They prop up education for young children. Compare this to what was there before.
  I hope that this will become liberation to the Niger and others soon to follow.
- no investigation, no right to speak
- It's Africa. With all the imperialist Western meddling and bribery there is no possibility for Democracy to help their population.
  
  This dipshit was in another thread a couple minutes ago saying racist shit about Mexico too.
- Sorry fella, but you need to judge a government by the policies it applies, not simply to the form it takes.
  This over attachment to the form makes up many smug liberals who are often unpoliticized, misrepresented by the very representatives they elect, which only do the bidding of powerful lobby groups tied to the financial sector.
  The liberal voting system, along with the multi-party system, hasn't been capable, for a long time, to guarantee that people's voice are being heard. The people in the West, for a long time, is holding this smug attitude as if they were the pinnacle of civilization, when in fact they are the biggest fools and jesters of the world who are constantly squabbling against each other and persecuting minority groups while they are being robbed blind by equity, rent, taxes, interest rates, and having their jobs being moved to other places.
  So, yeah, Niger maybe a dictatorship of a military junta but they are taking the steps of getting rid of their Western parasites, the same people that make your life harder at each passing day, while you are complaining about they not being pure enough or for not conforming with your stupid idealization of how government systems should work. Stop being a fool and instead of arrogantly complaining and diminishing their actions, go read something organize and do something productive. Stop being a fool, for god's sake!
- I was thinking the same. It would be nice if the profits end up benefiting the people but it might end up benefiting just the select few elites. Local elites but still.
  
  The privatized system already only benefited the Australian elites and compradors in Niger. Nationalization directly keeps the wealth in Niger, and not flowing out to Australia. This is anti-imperialism in action, and you're finger-wagging them for it.

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