France is going to invade Niger

[I_UndergroundPanther]

PARIS, Aug 1 (Reuters) - France began the evacuation of hundreds of French and European citizens from Niger on Tuesday, a day after neighbours Mali and Burkina Faso said any outside intervention to restore the ousted government would be seen as a declaration of war.

A military junta overthrew Niger's democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum and his government last Wednesday in the seventh military takeover in less than three years in West and Central Africa.



https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/france-start-evacuation-operations-niger-soon-report-french-media-2023-08-01/

[roamer65]

1. War in Africa is coming courtesy of Putler.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Yes, he is stirring up trouble anywhere he can.

If war in Africa floods Europe with refugees, this will destabilize Europe and help
elect far right candidates.

He most likely is doing what he can to make sure Trump is installed again into the WH.

[roamer65]

3. +1000

Bingo.

[Polybius]

39. We can prevent this by not taking them in

If we do, the far-right wins and then we all lose.

[WarGamer]

4. Many Africans would say "Courtesy of the Colonizers"

[moondust]

5. The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Who is "colonizer" France's current enemy?

Ruzzia.

(Just a guess.)

[WarGamer]

7. Should be a cake walk for France...

They already have experience "cleaning up" their colonies...


"Kill all they send, and they will stop coming"

Nguyen Huu An

1954, Vietnam

[moondust]

8. Maybe.

Niger’s junta asks for help from Russian group Wagner as it faces military intervention threat

[WarGamer]

11. Let the African nations take care of their neighborhood...

Just like how Europe should have been supplying 80% of Ukraine's needs.

I'd prefer that American factories were producing food and affordable housing rather than 155mm artillery shells.

[area51]

24. +1 n/t

[Alexander Of Assyria]

12. France is not going to invade anyone without approval of the ANC.

….The recent coups in the region have come amid a wave of vitriol aimed at former colonial power France that resulted in its troops being kicked out of Mali and Burkina Faso this year and last. Many of those soldiers are now stationed in Niger…

Africans everywhere have had enough of all colonialists, that’s a fact.

[Polybius]

6. Let's agree not to get involved at all n/t

[WarGamer]

9. What? You don't want the Doomsday Clock to get closer to Zero?

As of today, it's the closest it's EVER BEEN to nuclear DOOMSDAY.

[roamer65]

17. Did they move it today?

Just curious.

[WarGamer]

18. 90 seconds to midnight...

Since January 2023.

FWIW, at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, it was 7 minutes to Midnight.

The Ukraine War and Western involvement, combined with Climate change and Disease.

[roamer65]

19. Not surprised.

[Celerity]

15. absolutely agree

[Joinfortmill]

10. Jeez

[Alexander Of Assyria]

13. ...opinion of the poster on the news...is without factual or logical foundation...more a hope?

[RockRaven]

14. Other military juntas in the region who recently did coups of their own have pledged to support

the Niger junta in case of any Western intervention. We shall see how much they deliver on those pledges...

[roamer65]

16. Putler would love to get Nigeria involved in a war.

Just to get their oil production knocked off line. We would be back over $100/bbl.

[Xolodno]

20. Well, Victoria Nunland just came back from there after trying to negotiate with the junta.

They basically told her to fuck off.

But as the old joke goes, if Victoria Nunland visits your country, hang on, you are about to have a civil war. They were probably calling up Wagner as soon as she got off the plane.

[WarGamer]

21. Maybe if Nuland was handing out cookies again... she'd have better luck?

[Recycle_Guru]

29. did that make you feel good?

[Recycle_Guru]

28. very transparent effort, there, bruh

[Xolodno]

38. So, GOP policy hawks are in your favor?

In that case, you should check out this guy call John Bolton, he wrote a book recently. You might like him if your into "bomb first, ask questions later" type of person.

[Recycle_Guru]

40. Victoria Nukand is not a GOP hawk--she understands Putin's evil

and can identify what needs to happen in other hot spots often agitated by Putin and/or Xi.

[Xolodno]

42. Not a GOP hawk?

Thanks! I needed a good laugh today.

[Tommy Carcetti]

30. Say hello to 2014 DU for me. nt

[DavidDvorkin]

22. The article does not say that France is going to invade Niger

Only that France is using military aircraft to evacuate its citizens. That is not an invasion.

Invasion was being talked about by some of Niger's neighbors, but that's beginning to look unlikely.

[UTUSN]

23. Uh

[brooklynite]

25. Perhaps you should edit your title to indicate that this is your personal opinion?

Nothing in the story indicates a French inclination to invade.

[Snooper9]

26. not really-

The geo-political conflict in the area is more complicated than that...

[PSPS]

27. No they aren't, and the story you posted doesn't say it either. You should change your silly title.

[Enoki33]

31. France is not going to invade Niger. Any

plan they may have is likely at best a contingency one. There are other ways of dealing with Wagner with much less complications.

[malaise]

32. The white imperialists are still dividing and ruling many countries in Africa

noting new - without the wealth from the resources in Africa, Europe is nothing.

[malaise]

33. The white imperialists are still dividing and ruling many countries in Africa

noting new - without the wealth from the resources in Africa, Europe is nothing.

[Tommy Carcetti]

34. No, France is removing diplomatic personnel from Niger after a coup and a volatile situation.

That's far from an invasion at this point.

[tritsofme]

35. Strange false title. DU shouldn't peddle disinformation.

[BannonsLiver]

36. Uh, no.

[Jose Garcia]

37. What do anticolonialists complian about when colonialism ceases to exist?

[maxsolomon]

41. The French kicked the Jihadis out of Timbuktu in the 2010s. Mali accepted that help.

Now Mali has a military junta freshly running the country, and so does Burkina Faso. No wonder those governments don't want France to intercede.

Here's a couple snips from Wiki:

1st, Mali:

Since 5 June 2020 street protests calling for the resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta began in Bamako. On 18 August 2020 mutinying soldiers arrested President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and Prime Minister Boubou Cissé. President Keïta resigned and left the country. The National Committee for the Salvation of the People led by Colonel Assimi Goïta took power, meaning the fourth coup happened since independence from France in 1960.[36] On 12 September 2020, the National Committee for the Salvation of the People agreed to an 18-month political transition to civilian rule.[37] Shortly after, Bah N'Daw was named interim president.[38]

On May 25, 2021, Colonel Assimi Goïta dismissed the transitional president Bah N'Daw and the transitional prime minister Moctar Ouane from their positions.[39] On 7 June 2021, Mali's military commander Assimi Goita was sworn into office as the new interim president.[40] According to Human Rights Watch (HRW) Malian troops and suspected Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group executed around 300 civilian men in central Mali in March 2022. France had withdrawn French troops from Mali in February 2022.[41]

2nd, Burkina Faso:

In the election of 29 November 2015, Kaboré won the election in the first round of voting, receiving 53.5% of the vote against 29.7% for the second place candidate, Zephirin Diabré.[19] He was sworn in as President on 29 December 2015.[20] He appointed Paul Kaba Thieba, an economist, as Prime Minister on 7 January 2016.[21] The composition of the new government was announced on 13 January, with Kaboré personally taking charge of the ministerial portfolio for defense and veteran affairs.[22] Jean-Claude Bouda, who had been Minister of Youth, was appointed on 20 February 2017 to take over from Kaboré as Minister of Defense.[23][24]

He was reelected to a second term in the 22 November 2020 general elections with 57.74% of the vote.[25]

Deposal and arrest
On 24 January 2022, Kaboré was deposed by the military.[3] After the announcement, the military declared that the parliament, government, and constitution had been dissolved.[4] The Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration (MPSR) shared a hand-written resignation letter by him, which was also signed, with its authenticity being verified by Reuters. "In the interests of the nation, following events that took place since yesterday, I have decided to resign from my role as president of Burkina Faso," said the letter.[26] It was afterwards reported that Kaboré had been detained at a military barracks.[27] He was later transferred to house arrest.[28][29]