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    The Coup in Niger Is About Power. Russia Will Exploit It.

    The most exciting explanations for Niger’s upheaval are globe-sweeping and probably wrong.
    by Brian Klaas Aug 08, 2023 5 minutes
    Source: AFP / Getty

    Late last month, armed troops in Niger overthrew the government, arrested the elected president, and seized power for themselves. Soon after, a small group of Nigeriens who supported the coup in the capital city, Niamey, gathered to show their support for the military government, some waving the Russian flag. They denounced the West in general, and France, the former colonial power, in particular. “Long live Putin!” they chanted. “Down with France!”

    The coup has created considerable alarm in Western capitals, and with good reason. Since 2020, there have been, the strategically important belt of hot, semiarid land stretching across Africa just below the Sahara desert. In 2020, Mali’s government fell. In 2021, the same thing happened in Sudan, Chad, and Guinea. Last year, a coup took place in Burkina Faso. Niger was seen

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