Coup in Niger

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Zero idea about this issue, so posts memes. I'm not surprised.

 

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But...but...but...you can't be a tankie because you don't sound like one! LOL.

The situation in West Africa so far:

America's biggest warmonger, Victoria Nuland, met with the military junta in Niger and threatened them

She told CNN that she met with Gen. Moussa Salaou Barmou, the self-proclaimed chief of defense, and three colonels supporting him for more than two hours for "extremely frank and at times quite difficult" conversations.

Africa has had enough of Western puppet Governments that serve the interests of Western Corporations who have continued to exploit #Africa at great expense to the majority of the people. People of #Niger want change and #EU + #US should leave Niger to its own people to sort out..

ECOWAS has announced they will be holding an “Extraordinary Summit” on Thursday, August 10th to discuss the ongoing Coup d'état in Niger and additional “diplomatic opportunities” to the end the crisis.

Sounds like Niger called their bluff and ECOWAS is now cornered.

Related:

https://twitter.com/Klaus_Arminius/status/1688662962938978304

Gaddafi was raped and executed in front of cameras by an angry mob of Libyans.

When do black and brown people get agency of their own and become responsible for their own actions?

 

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Russia’s Solovyev uses racist language to speak about ‘brother nation’ of Niger – video

Russian propagandists are now being told to try to convince the country’s citizens of the need to support the military junta that seized power in Niger but are unable to hide their own racism, according to a new video.

english.nv.ua

 

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Russia’s Solovyev uses racist language to speak about ‘brother nation’ of Niger – video

Russian propagandists are now being told to try to convince the country’s citizens of the need to support the military junta that seized power in Niger but are unable to hide their own racism, according to a new video.

english.nv.ua

I read the article and watched the embeded video; I did not come across any use of racist language. The article faults the panel for pronuncing the "g" in Niger as a "g", instead of as a "j"; I am not sure how that is racist if it is a population that is not familiar with the pronunciation of Niger

 

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News from Niger:

Niger's ousted president is said to be running low on food under house arrest, 2 weeks after coup​

Niger's ousted president is running low on food under house arrest

Niger's deposed president is running out of food and under increasingly dire conditions two weeks after he was ousted in a military coup and put under house arrest, an adviser said Wednesday.

www.euronews.com

 

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I read the article and watched the embeded video; I did not come across any use of racist language. The article faults the panel for pronuncing the "g" in Niger as a "g", instead of as a "j"; I am not sure how that is racist if it is a population that is not familiar with the pronunciation of Niger

What the article says:

Niger is correctly pronounced with the ‘j as in jump’ sound; pronouncing it with the ‘g as in green’ sound sounds like a well-known and highly offensive racist term – the same one practically banned in the USA and widely known throughout Russia.

Russia’s Solovyev uses racist language to speak about ‘brother nation’ of Niger – video

Russian propagandists are now being told to try to convince the country’s citizens of the need to support the military junta that seized power in Niger but are unable to hide their own racism, according to a new video.

english.nv.ua

In German "Niger" is pronounced to rhyme with "Tiger". And our Tiger sounds like "teega".

 

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It is definitely NOT racist if you pronounce a country like you are used to do in your own language.

 

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It is definitely NOT racist if you pronounce a country like you are used to do in your own language.

Unless the local pronounciation is a racist word. With Niger there is a risk for that.

 

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Unless the local pronounciation is a racist word. With Niger there is a risk for that.

In German you pronounce the country of Niger with a long i - like in three.
The other word with a short i - like in bit.

 

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Niger soldiers declare coup on national TV​

Another coup, another military dictatorship rising in Africa. I hate this trend. It's like every little step of progress made has been lost over the last few years.

And the situation for the elected President seems to get worse every day.

 

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News:​

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Niger junta orders police to expel French ambassador​

Niger junta orders police to expel French ambassador

Niger's ruling junta has ordered police to expel France's ambassador, a move marking a further downturn in relations, and one that authorities in Paris said the army officers who seized power in Niamey last month had no authority to make.

www.reuters.com