At 5:24 the military didn't just only "haven't attacked the coupists", but the military commanders and officials declared support to the coup around Thursday afternoon
@@pm3302 Bro, That's like 0.1% of the population. Who even lives in Mandera? That place should just be declared a desert and unsuitable for human life.
Lets play a drinking game: Every time an officer takes power and hides behind a patriotic council you take a shot of rhum Every time he hires Russian mercenaries, you pour a shot of vodka Every time he keeps power, a shot of gin
Meh, it is important, but I am pretty sure that most of French diplomats/militaires doesn't care at this point. A lot was invested in the region for nothing, and Europe is clearly a more pressing matter. Africa is on an anti-french/europhobic trend, and nothing will stop it.
@@sulaak Per year : - 13 billions € of direct economic investments (20% of total foreign investment in West Africa) - 11 billions € of development aids - 3 billions € for military help and training of African armies. That's doesn't count all the NGOs financed by France that provide healthcare and education to Africans, other aids decided bilaterally, etc... So we are surely between 25 billions € - 30 billions € paid by France each year to support Africa economically, military and health. So about 3 or 4 times the budget of Paris municipality.
As a South African, I find it amusing that citizens all over the African continent still like to attribute all failure to colonialism, without recognizing it is because of the power-hungry people we elect. Power corrupts, and I'm afraid this is something that this continent still needs to learn
But in this part of Africa the colonialism hasn't ended. The CFA franc and French backed dictators to prioritise favourable extraction for French companies is about as blatant as you can get in the 21st century.
The spirit of Gaddafi lives on, the West might murder the man but the the vision of a liberated and self destined Africa is on the horizon. The younger leadership who are not preoccupied with personal wealth will bring this to fruition, with or without the African Union.
@@edouard9867 Those are indeed the best example for stability in Africa. They rank among the highest in hdi, suffer from compartively less inequality, have relatively democratic governments and diverse economies, and are not subject ro ongoing armed conflicts. Care to suggest an even more stable country in Africa?
Huge respect to this guy for not recognizing "isis" by calling them what they want to be called like all reporters do, but saying "the so called Islamic state" 🤝✊️
Because how can they be Islamic and kill Muslims, ISIS Killed more Muslims than anyone else, so they're not muslims even if they call themselves, a lot of Muslims countries fight them and don't want anything to do with them. Even if you call yourself black you aren't black if you born white, and even if ISIS keep trying to relate itself to Islam they're never gonna be Muslims, because of their bloody history of mostly killing Muslims and innocent kids.
@NovikNikolovic this is false. The IS absolutely hate the term Daesh. I thought it translated to something like "Brute" or something. Like there are news stories of them cutting off people's tongue if they use the term. Of course they'd want to be recognized as an official state.
@@MrAH2010 Daesh do hate the term Daesh, as you say. Which is why I think we should consistently call them that. And I think Daesh means something like "destroyer" or "trampler". That is, someone who tramples on something and destroys it. It is implied that Daesh tramples on Islamic culture. And the best thing about this name, is that it is muslims who came up with that term. Muslims who hate Daesh. And I think we should respect muslims who hate Daesh, and use their term for them.
This is such a stupid take, holy shit. The reason Tldr spells it out loud, despite everybody already knowing what the acronym 'ISIS' stands for, is because they want to emphasis the "Islamic" character of the organization. Everybody (except for maybe autistic people) can tell that Tldr dislikes Islam and dislikes Muslims based of their reporting.
The complete absence of proper analysis of French colonialism, uranium and gas here brings the whole "independent fact based journalism" into question.
Rebuttal #1: The protests were anti-French and burned the French Embassy Entrance door. Rebuttal #2: The Military joined the rebellion and has called for the French to leave. Rebuttal #3: Not one of the dictatorships in the region are unstable. Rebuttal #4: The Security Services started this coup, not the military.
Tbh, I think saying "destabilize Africa" is a gross overgeneralization. Maybe Western Africa, but I don't think it would affect much countries like Kenya, Botsawana, or South Africa (a little, but not much)
Well put. Africa is a very big country, but because nobody really cares people forget that. Even the Onion News Network confuses Nigeria and Niger, and they are the best in the business.
Here in South Africa, the events in west Africa is bearly noticed unless something big happens like with this coup, and even then it is just mentioned and then back to other world news.
Africa is such a big, rich country there should be enough for everyone, even those princes and colonels always emailing me from Lagos, asking for money.
@@vangroover1903 It is about greed of the Western powers. Remembering history, the French, British, Dutch, Belgium, all sent their armies to Africa to enrich themselves. Morals have changed, but it is hard to kill greed.
@@ronaldshiffman9171 Agreed. And let's not forget the Germans, too. I wonder if it would help if Niger changed their name to something less confusing? A lot of people are tired of those emails from princes asking for money, even if they are from Nigeria.
Africa is three times the size of Europe, yet they talk about it like a single county. And Africa is the least integrated continent. If I remember correctly over 60% of African coups occur in West Africa. Southern Africa and South-Eastern Africa have been fairly peaceful ever since the late 1990s.
France got no one to blame but themselves. They didn't have ''friendly'' relations with their former colonies at all, they were essentially just still colonizing them. They never really left in the first place. And now they're rightfully being punished for it but it's a shame that it ends up helping Russia as well.
@@kleijnee701 they failed in fuly stopping the djihadists, they did not help the malian army or the malians with their lack of communication with them against these militants, and yes, the cfa franc is virtually controlled by france, as they have to pay a fee to france to oversee their currency, meaning the "aid" may just be from these countries' own pockets. Why haven't we seen countries like ghana or nigeria talk bad about the uk over this, but only former french colonies.
What the hell has France done this time? Can't hold them responsible for everything and anything happening in Africa "Flat tire because of bad road management" "Curse you France"
This one here is 100% a French job, as all the officers are French trained. They pulled a fast one here like they did in Guinea with Mamady Doumbouya, a French legionnaire (French Foreign Legion) who took power in a coup in 2021, and his French wife - Lauriane Darboux active duty police officer in the French National Gendarmerie in the town of Valence, Drôme. The Niger president, Bazoum signed a more lucrative deal with Rosatom and cut back on the French mining activities which were based on an unfair deal forced on them years ago. Lookup the French newspaper investigative report by Le monde, titled "Russia owns the only plant in the world capable of reprocessing spent uranium" for a bit ofbackground.
The DRC is a great example of what happens when the colonial powers simply withdraw and leave everything for local elites to rule over. There's even more chaos than in places where the French stayed behind. As an African, it's really annoying to hear problems created by Africans being blamed on someone else, like the Africans can't be held responsible because they're too backwards or what? Coups are so common in Africa it hardly makes local headlines outside of the affected country. The military powers in Africa have never done anything but terrorise their own people and overthrow democratically elected governments. Why these countries think they need an army is beyond me. Who the hell is going to invade the Sahel?
Don't blame Niger for Islamic insecurity in your country. Actually you can thank nato for destroying Libya and destabilizing the Sahel. That is the reason that region of the world is full of terrorists.
@@MrTaminomimo I used to, believe me. Bu after seeing how many of these sahel countries are just terrible at managing their own security and borders (my own country literally spends millions just to secure the borders of Niger, Mali etc!) I am not just going to blame France anymore. The sahel countries clearly have a part in the problem.
@@orboakin8074yes but you have to know that their entire economy and currency is controlled by France. How can a country flourish when it can't even control its own currency?? Kicking france will lead to more instability in the short term but it will have a positive effect in the long term
This coup is a right direction for Alkebulan. For anyone who says Alkebulans don't hold themselves accountable: the military coupists literally threatened the finance minister because of his corruption with his life
😂 bro you've not learned from history at all. The military are the absolute worse to govern. Who do you think they are answerable to, what stops them from just doing as they please, looting all the money, killing opponents and paying off those that need to be paid off? What incentives do you think the military have to be just and fair, what constraints do you think they have to check their excesses?
"Destabilise"? You can not destabilize something that is not stable. Conflict is Africa's default state. Coups are more common than elections. This is nothing new, or unusual.
I mean... Africa's default state at this point is a bunch of military juntas and democracies occasionally fighting but cooperating for the African Union in a move that echoes the Holy Roman Empire.
Considering how borders are in africa, this was already anticipated, we should expect to see rise in nationalism in Africa, with tribes and clans wanting to reuinte/gain independence. It would happen in Niger, Nigeria, Sudan(yes again), Ethiopia, DRC, etc. They either need strong democratic governance with equal representation and rights like US and South Africa, or they need to progress economically and and educationally so that these nationalism and religion are not very important for common people like in the case of china, were most freedom struggles are dead, or almost dead. Or they would have to increase cooperation among countries, so that it can form something like EU, where people can travel freely between borders, so there won't be much demand for independence. Which ever way they choose, it would pretty interesting to watch it as an outsider, cause we are basically watching nationalism's rise but in Africa this time.
I mean even if back then borders were decided on ethnic and religious bases it wouldn't have changed much, some of the created countries would have been so small that they wouldn't have enough money to create goverments let alone fund public services, some would have been conqured by neighbours for their resources, some would have been corrupted or would be under foreign influence for protection from neigbours. I am not saying established borders were good just that there wasn't an option to create ones that wouldn't create conflicts or humanitarian issues.
@@Tyanus2 There are always options, if not for dictatorial foresight. Africans leaders were quite cunning, cause after independence they could have made better borders, as not having a good border was already a problem faced in several countries like India and Yugoslavia which gained independence much before most of Africa. But dictators followed strategy of colonizers and used divide and rule policy for much of independent African history, while getting funded by European nations. African nations only got independence in for name sake, infact after independence they were looted more, by Europe but indirectly through these Dictators. ELecting good first leader is very important and most Africans countries failed that prospect, the countries which picked good leaders like Botswana are today one of the richest in Africa.
@@shivendraupadhyay1565 In large parts of Africa, ethnic groups did not generally have mutually exclusive geographic borders. Any way you chopped up the land, some groups would be split up. Alternatively, some groups were, and still are, semi-nomadic, which tends to create issues with strict territoriality. There would never have been a way to draw neat borders without a significant amount of ethnic cleansing. The main reason Europe and much of Asia has relatively neat ethnic borders is _centuries_ of interstate warfare, genocide, cultural suppression and centralised state control. For example, go back to the early medieval period, and there weren't really 'French' people - there were Occitanians, Bretons, Burgundians, Basques...etc. none of whom would have likely viewed themselves as more alike other 'French' people than those on the other side of modern borders. The French monarchy and later Republic _made_ the French. For better or worse, most of Africa never got that 'opportunity'.
Families have incredible influence over Western democracies, These families founded the sophisticated systems transported through colonies, moieties and governance. It's unfortunate this hasn't translated well culturally and spiritually to the modern African who may now desire to reclaim their identity and sense of independence. Difficultly may arise because the former Clans and tribes do not appear to represent the appeal of a free democracy, even if it's not the reality. The system West Africa inherited from the West is a democratic system that should not be dismantled through coups as that could weakens the transition that can peacefully take place. The catch 22 is that this has to be partially resolved democratically, Africa will have to accept the past and what has been inherited, this includes established border lines.
Actually China isn't a good comparsion as what they're doing is Sinofication, a tactic thats long been a thing the Imperial Chinese had done to the frontiers of were the various empires had been. Its part of the reason Vietnam's identity is as it is as they literally rebelled against China to stop this a good 2,000 years ago.
We might be returning back to 2010s where extremists literally took over massive swathes of territory, see Azawad and Burkino Faso. The only thing that stopped that was the French forces that came in but that obviously led to a sore spot with their former African colonies. However I'm not sure whether Wagner forces have the capability to stop large formations of extremists as Russia seems more focused on pushing resources into Ukraine and while their performance was pretty good on a small scale, strategically they were unable to affect outcomes (See Western Libya campaign for reference)
The French created the problem when they removed Ghaddafi and promised the Taureg a new country in Northern Mali and Niger. The Islamic terrorist replaced the Tuareg, creating an Islamic caliphate in the Sahel. Stop treating African countries as security problems and build economic relationships with these countries so that they can fund social and economic development in their countries.
@@sulaak They are not mutually exclusive, France could be the a cause for the instability AND the reason why it doesn't spread. Also social/economic development AND security ARE mutually inclusive, you can't have one without the other...
@@sulaak always the fault of others countries right? Is it us, the french, who pushed africans to take weapons against themself? Is it us who made this coup d'Etat? Is it us who are responsible for the corruption in the country? for example Mali. We were helping the military to fight against the extremist. And what happened? They used it as a reason to make a coup d'Etat. Maybe it's also time for african countries to deal with themself and stop making excuses "we are in a bad shape because of the west, of Russia, ....". Maybe if african countries could stop attacking each other like we, european people, used to do, african people could be prosperate. We had wars with every country in Europe. But now, we know we'll never fight again each other because we let our past behind us. Maybe it's time for African countries to do the same.
France helped trqin, arm and sponsor the very jihadists that Gadaffi kept in check for years. French were to!pivot in jihadist activity The Russian security services are there per invitation. France is now free to take their forces to where they are neesed. Ukraine
There are 54 sovereign countries in the African continent. I don't think E-Swantini or Seychelles care what happens in North West Africa on the Southern part of the Sahara. The yes, the wider continent, NO!
@@mimi21746 They don't Not the individual countries on the continent. Algeria, Libya, Benin, Nigeria yes as they are in the West and North West Africa region. The likes of Sao Tome & Prinicipe, Namibia, Comoros, Botswana No!
Sahel: "We need a new security guarantor to replace Europe & America!" China: "Russia is busy, and Wagner is closed for good. We will step in, and offer BRI Incentives."
@@ibrahimmekonnen8259Which is an awful lot of nothing under Wagner thhe insurgency in the Sahel has only grown, with the promises they made to the Malian Government amounting to absolutely nothing.
Sad to see, African states should really do something about stability, economic and security, and democracy in general. Hope the West(europe and US) stays away and we wish them the best.
Said like someone who isnt actually interested whatsoever and hasn't really listened to the video. Why do you think the coup happened in the first place?
its impossible for Africa to be stable since NATO military forces cause instability everywhere, every single coup, war and terror attack in Africa is done by US, German, French or Italian trained criminals who are using American supplied weaponry. Until these people leave Africa, the motherland will never know peace and freedom
@@comradesillyotter1537 All I have to say is that these coups occur because African states are trying to do something about stability, "economic", security and democracy. Unlike those countries that had their fights 100s of years ago with noone to judge them as evil because of it, Africans countries were just created by europeans about 120 years ago and if there is a conflict it is judged as the nature of the African. Thomas Sankara is an example that there are right head Africans that try to lead but get frustrated by the forces lf evil. I am no support of a coup but I recognise natural development which includes conflict in a growth of a country.
It has not and the abandonned Africa during the late 70’s where the direct implication on those countries just costed too much. Plus some scandals like the Bokassa affair for Giscard president. But as you can see since then the situation improved in some countries well managed like Senegal but it’s the opposite in some others Africa can not be summarised. Situations are different in each country.
Hey do you mind making videos on the riots in France, or the ongoing war between the west, ukraine versus Russia? Thanks a lot I am looking forward to it!
But instead of being used by the west now africa might be trully free from western control, sadly they might fall to chinese or russian control, hope african becomes trully free now
@@yogisteinanimations8235 yeah not gonna happen lol they gonna have to sell there rocks somewhere so they can pay for infrastructure and security. Russia may be offering a temporary solution but Africa needs to wake up Russia is only doing this because they are at war need more money and resources to keep the war going. Already happening in Sudan and Mali
@@yogisteinanimations8235Chinese control is investments for railways, ports, electrification, and so forth, in sofsr as working for anyone that's probably the best for them
I find the part "military dictatorship" misleading or overreaching considering ECOWAS the regional body wouldn't tolerate it and sanction the nation catastrophically cause it is a landlocked state like what they did to Mali when they wanted to extend for for 3 instead of 2 years transition!
All of the coup leaders are French trained officers, Mohamed Bazoum was chastised by France for kicking them out of the Uranium sector in favour of Rosatom. I guess...this was the payback. Then there is also the Guinea president - Mamady Doumbouya, a French legionnaire (French Foreign Legion) who took power in a coup in 2021, and his French wife - Lauriane Darboux active duty police officer in the French National Gendarmerie in the town of Valence, Drôme.
I also forgot to mention Alassane Ouattara, of the Ivory Coast who was backed by France as well and his French wife Dominique Nouvian. This one isn't a soldier, is well educated and serves France so well they couldn't let him retire in 2020 when he was supposed to constitutionally retire. Look it up.
Stop saying shit... The recent coups are anti-France and pro-Wagner. Mali? Pro-Wagner coup. Burkina Faso? Pro-Wagner coup. Sudan? Pro-Wagner coup and It's not even a former French colony. Russia is the new neocolonial influence. You are just too blinded by anti-French propaganda to realize it.
So let me get this straight, countries in africa don't like french ,yet , many of the immigrants that come to the EU ,including ,France, are from said countries. Hypocrite much?
They come to France because they know French because of France's old colonial rule and ongoing influence in government institutions. That's a natural consequence, not hypocrisy.
Perhaps it is ironic, but I don't see how it's in any way hypocritical. They aren't going to France because they love France and everything it stands for, they're going there because they speak French and because they want to seek out a better quality of life. A quality of life that is denied to them in their home countries in large part because of the past and present foreign policies of France. I hate a lot of things about the foreign policy of my own country (USA), but the fact that it's FOREIGN policy means that living here is the best way to avoid it.
France occupies several majority African islands, like Comoros' Mayotte Island and it other so-called "overseas territories". That's where the majority black people who are in France come from.
@@banto1why is that racist? I am not well informed on this subject but it just seems like an instable country giving up his nukes. Isn't this just a good thing?
Apartheid and colonialism were abominations that are horrendously difficult to recover from, especially when subject to neo colonialism and when religious fundamentalism is widespread. The only country to use nukes was America. This was during segregation. The dog whistle is the weapon of the coward.
Algerians especially in the south must feel thankful 🥲 that this won’t badly affect them but some being so close makes it feel hard on those just miles away 😢
Okay, why is the coup happening? I am a Nigerian. Please enlighten me. Is it happening because some brave freedom fighters are stopping neo-colonialism? or are simply just corrupt military thugs looking to seize power and undermine another African democracy?
Thanks for covering this. Niger is one of the poorest countries on the planet, has the highest fertility rate (7.1 births/woman), and with 50% of the population under the age of 15. As this huge youth demographic ages, it will create even more unrest and instability. While you did cover the events leading up to the current coup, you didn't address the question in the title - mainly, will this spill over to other African countries, or is it just another domino is Russia's grand plan (whatever that is).
Russian plan is obvious. To get rid of French influence in Africa. Since Russia economic relations with EU and US are dying, it needs alternatives. Russian mutual trade with Africa in 2023 alone grew by a third. And it really helps that France is viewed as colonial/neo-colonial force and USSR/Russia is viewed as liberator from European colonisation. Basically both Africa and Russia win. Russia gets more trade, Africa gets more sovereignty.
@@neverknowsbest2879 Maybe, but it isn't like Russia is still trying to export the revolution and make exploited Africans Marxist/Leninist fellow travelers. Russia has plenty of uranium of its own and Niger doesn't need Russian oil or gas (when Nigeria is a neighbor). Is it really worth it for Putin to take responsibility for 25M radical Muslims, just to give Macron some indigestion?
@@jamesn0va Even if Russia wanted, it has no power to behave like a hegemon in Africa. Can you imagine Russia bombing Libya to dust like US/Europe did? It couldn't even theoretically happen because Russia is too far away and has no big military bases nearby. Even in Syria Russia is only because it was invited. Russia has to negotiate with Africa, it can dictate nothing.
@@neverknowsbest2879 Somewhat off topic, but Russia's interest in Syria is totally to do with it's naval base in Tartus. This is a key strategic base for Putin, giving him critical presence in the Med. Russia is willing to help out Assad so long as Assad is willing to lease that naval base. Outside of that, there is no Russian interest in that part of the Levant. Niger doesn't have a port, so I still can't see what interest Russia would have to get involved.
In the turbulent storm of Apartheid, my heart was ardently tethered to the cause of Nelson Mandela. Witnessing the emergence of the African National Congress as a dominant political force was a moment I cherished. It is, however, deeply sorrowful to perceive that the ANC, once the beacon of resistance, today stands in staunch support of Russia and the Wagner Group, lending their voices to the military coup in Niger.This, regrettably, is often the cruel twist of fate: those who have lived the torment of oppression can become the very agents of it. One need not look further than Israel for an illustration of this paradox. But to see the ANC descend to such depths, this I had not anticipated. It is an alarming indication of the tortuous complexity of the political landscape, an unexpected evolution that stirs an ache of disappointment deep within me.
@@blackmaster999The sahel region. When Libya fell, a ton of weapons and fighters crossed the border to the north of Mali, contributing in parts to the Touareg insurection there
France has a colony of around 8/9 African countries that are required to send 85% of their reserves to the main bank in France, its modern-day slavery and the people have no power over such things as the treacherous "presidents" are put in place to make sure the slavery is enforced, the issue is that if the whole country fights against it like Niger, they will most likely go extinct as a country, UNLESS a country as powerful as Russia is there to support them through it, its a win-win for both Niger and Russia and I wish the best for the people of Niger in this revolution of stopping this slavery they've been in all this time
@@Kraypus I appreciate your opinion and agree that France's "neo-colonialism" requires at very least close scrutiny, but Russia deserves scrutiny as well.
@@SpazzyMcGee1337 Half of the world is influenced by the West and the other half makes up BRICS, if for example you had certain rules for the residents of your house and enforced those, that would mean nothing to your neighbours, morals, rights and wrongs are all based on area they're observed at, ISIS truly believe they are right for the way they slaughter, that only makes them wrong to the eyes of the one that disagrees, which creates a paradox, so who is truly right? Both parties, same goes with world conflicts, therefore you existentially arent any more right than the opposition and the only just outcome would be to agree to disagree
@@Kraypus Nah, bro. Your bothsideism just doesn't work with ISIS. Disagreements are fine, but terrorism, war and bloodshed are not. "Who is truly right?" Definitely not the ones who slaughter believing they are right. I wonder if you're African. There, slaughtering must be considered a human right.
As a young person in Africa I have some questions for the west. Why is there and has there been a somewhat simmering anti-western feeling anoungst most on the continent? Does the west have to do some introspection on how they have treated, traded and interacted with the continent? China and Russia don't have the best intentions on the continent but what options are there? Africa wants a better space in the global arena, how do we achieve this? the west has looked at us as inncabable and sickly (the past speaks for itself). The coup is just a symptom of a larger problem with great powers
Well I think to help Africa’s cause, it would be necessary to note that the west is not uniform. Can you blame Canada, which is part of the west, for France’s colonial past? I think that would be inappropriate. Secondly, I think it interesting that you note yourself as a “young person in Africa”. This says to me that you are building solidarity between African nations. But there is also a downside to this in the fact that to build solidarity amongst African nations you must also be wary of other African nations’ historical colonizers, even though those other western nations have done nothing to your particular country. So while I do agree that there is anti-western feelings in Africa. The sheer volume of dislike for the west in Africa does not make particular sense to me. Especially since Russia, the successor state of the Soviet Union, did the exact same colonial policies in their own region as the European colonizers and the exact same interference policies in Africa as the USA. So to me, a westerner, Africa’s wariness of the west is somewhat justified. But at the same time extremely hypocritical.
The diff between france and russia is that russia stayed whitin asia and europe, they got the same history but I would argue that france has progressed more than russia when it comes to their mentality. This doesnt mean france dont have some issues today but anyone who thinks russia is going to be better is just ignorant of the history and how the russian system works.
@@kurousagi8155Russia and China actually do what they say they will do which is make deals and build stuff and leave. Africans suffer less condensation from China and Russia like they do the west which is trying to bully them into accepting LGBTQ and other nonsense. If africa has to choose a poison, Russia and China are the better alternative, they tried the west and that ended I slavery and colonialism. The definition of insanity is to repeat something and expect a different outcome.
Stop making yourself dependent on Russia, China, USA and Europe…will make you poorer for a while but will lead you to a better future…invest hard in education and technology. information and innovation is power. To make your security and technology dependent on Russian mercenaries and other powerful countries was, is and if not changed will continue to be Africa’s biggest block to grow.
“Reversing all of the progress which has been made in the past 15 years” honestly sometimes I don’t understand the way certain rhetoric. What progression? A democratic progression which has only benefited the west and the rulers of that country? Leaving a majority of the Nigerians in horrific basic condition……have they even lived in Niger!? maybe a military democratic rule is what is needed to whip the country back in the shape. Because the people are tired, they don’t care enough about politics because they just want to eat! And clearly this western concept of neo-democracy has only caused more division and helping it. I swear sometimes, I like feel I’m going crazy. A majority of the world is ran by narcissist psychopath that don’t even have a an ounce for humanity in regards to the bigger picture. Oh and I forgot to mention about the uranium thing …but that’s not obviously important…
"military democratic rule" brother your poor countries can be ruled however the hell they see it fit, just dont call a populist dictator a "democrat" there's no democracy in the rule of a few bastards that pocket all your money, pretend to care for your people in the most dishonest fashion and start fights against the west like they can win them all. If half of you deranged Africans on the internet where more humble you'd see that there's not gonna be much change from a flawed democracy to a military junta. Blindfolded and gaged you try scream into the void of the internet.
If the French really do have a major presence in their post-colonial territories, then would it mean that Britain’s Commonwealth is achieving the same end?
The French are sore that Britain got all the good pieces and they were left with the crumbs. And now Algeria will start replacing French with English in the schools. Too funny.
No. Unlike the former French colonies, Britain practically has no influence on its former colonies' affairs and as a result, they remain the most stable & well-off countries in Africa.
Huh, interesting. So if every country that was once a British colony of the 2nd empire is now well - to an extent, then does it show a bigger persistence from the French to maintain a kind of control over post colonial countries?
@@JuliusAtaturk-hy9tz It's worth noting that the matter is very complex and involves many factors but yes, France has strived to maintain its influence over its former colonies through means such as Françafrique back in the Cold War era, and today it still controls the monetary policies of all those countries.
@@Canyouseemeanna Those who are confused are the far right Hindu nationalists who cannot support The Hindu Meiteis because they are in the offensive but do not want to support Kuki Zo either
Average day in Africa: - Dodging the bullets and shrapnel from the local insurgents in the opposite village - Bribing the policeman 3000 CFA to not get sent to jail for insulting the regime - Enjoying the sunset after the 2rd coup of the day was unsuccesful
Niger is not important to the west for "supressing" islamic insurgency in the sahel region, it is important for provoking and maintaining islamic insurgency to keep sahel region unstable and poor.
@@lubricustheslippery5028resource extraction is already being done through rebel groups and the prices at which resources are bought are so low that the profit is much higher than it would be if there was mining concession.
@@SYN022 If you have seen an mining operation in west Europe. You had understand that it's in comparison is barely nothing. Good railways and huge and expensive machines is needed. No matter how much child labor it is it can't compare with trucks that is 8m high
Lol there was no coup in Nigeria, there was just a little rigging during the elections. Our democracy, despite not being perfect has been one of the most stable one in West Africa.
At 5:24 the military didn't just only "haven't attacked the coupists", but the military commanders and officials declared support to the coup around Thursday afternoon
yeah a little late another fail from TLDR. Thier African coverage is is bad.
@Bigwillystyle707 they record these things early
TLDR is a pro west media. The government being overthrown is a pro west government. Need more explanation? You know, propaganda, mate.
@@pepperonish Unfortunately, accurate is more important than early
@@pepperonish which is a terrible idea for news for this exact reason
It's scary to see these things happen to fellow African countries. As Kenyans we take for granted our freedoms and peaceful way of life.
So true. We even take our constitution even for granted.
Why do you think your country is peaceful?
@@pm3302 Bro, That's like 0.1% of the population. Who even lives in Mandera? That place should just be declared a desert and unsuitable for human life.
@@pm3302 Go live with them then.
@@pm3302Acha ujinga, leave if you dislike Kenya that much
3 things are certain in life:
Death, taxes, and coups in Africa
"Death and Taxes"
You can evade taxes.
every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes and a coup idea is considered to be executed
.....TAXES????U ARE CERTAINLY NOT REPUBLICAN THEN,THOUGH
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@@zUJ7EjVD
Having money itself isn't enough to evade taxes but moving to a country with no taxation is
Why can't military coup organizers ever think of more original names for their groups?
I vote for the "Chicken Coup".
I choose "Army Coup-le"
The Coup-er troopers
Its a revolution
Ikr?
I wanna see a "Bradley Coup-er" while i'm still alive
This could be dangerous, if Chad falls then that could affect the entire Incel movement.
it’s SO over
Is the niger coup the end of tate? 😨
NO NOT CHAD! WE NEED HIM!
😂😂😂
Nooo but he's like literally me fr fr
Lets play a drinking game:
Every time an officer takes power and hides behind a patriotic council you take a shot of rhum
Every time he hires Russian mercenaries, you pour a shot of vodka
Every time he keeps power, a shot of gin
*dies in alcohol poisoning*
You'll be on that Winston Churchill drinking schedule to do this 😂
😊
Instructions not clear. Currently in rehab for alcohol abuse.
Everytime someone says it's the fault of the French you take a shot of Ricard.
Does Sahel even have stability to be destabilised?
Does Sub Saharan Africa even have stability in general
Maybe Senegal? That’s about it, even they’re not that great. But Senegal is Switzerland compared to all the other Sahel countries
@@bababababababa6124bullshit what is with Tunisia, Algeria,morroco, Egypt Ghana etc
@@KennyNGAnone of those are Sahel countries
I really don't see France standing down from this like they have for the other coups. Niger is simply too important for them.
Meh, it is important, but I am pretty sure that most of French diplomats/militaires doesn't care at this point.
A lot was invested in the region for nothing, and Europe is clearly a more pressing matter. Africa is on an anti-french/europhobic trend, and nothing will stop it.
@@mrsupremegasconthe irony is when they’ll realize the Russians and Chinese are no different, just different palms getting greased.
@@mrsupremegascon What was invested , please tell me
They are exploiting lithium so of course it is
@@sulaak
Per year :
- 13 billions € of direct economic investments (20% of total foreign investment in West Africa)
- 11 billions € of development aids
- 3 billions € for military help and training of African armies.
That's doesn't count all the NGOs financed by France that provide healthcare and education to Africans, other aids decided bilaterally, etc...
So we are surely between 25 billions € - 30 billions € paid by France each year to support Africa economically, military and health.
So about 3 or 4 times the budget of Paris municipality.
As a South African, I find it amusing that citizens all over the African continent still like to attribute all failure to colonialism, without recognizing it is because of the power-hungry people we elect. Power corrupts, and I'm afraid this is something that this continent still needs to learn
Poor you....
They've noticed that begging gives you money with little efforts so there is no reason to change that strategy
But in this part of Africa the colonialism hasn't ended. The CFA franc and French backed dictators to prioritise favourable extraction for French companies is about as blatant as you can get in the 21st century.
They could switch to the US dollar they would still complain the same way and blame America instead.
This is rich coming from South Africa
The spirit of Gaddafi lives on, the West might murder the man but the the vision of a liberated and self destined Africa is on the horizon. The younger leadership who are not preoccupied with personal wealth will bring this to fruition, with or without the African Union.
Isn't Africa always in varrying degrees of being destabilized?
We call it Monday
Facts
Not all of it. Gabon and Tunisia are relatively unknown beacons of stability
@@isaac_aren Tunisia and Gabon? Lol
If those are your best exemples, respectfully don't comment on this subject.
@@edouard9867 Those are indeed the best example for stability in Africa. They rank among the highest in hdi, suffer from compartively less inequality, have relatively democratic governments and diverse economies, and are not subject ro ongoing armed conflicts. Care to suggest an even more stable country in Africa?
"Could lighting one of these collapsed Jenga bricks on fire destabilise the tower?"
Africa doesn't need foreign influence to destabilize themselves, they can do it very well on their own.
Guarantee this has France’s name written all over it
Russia is the main factor of this destabilization there
@@20Bravesfan This is extremely unlikely. France has zero interest in destabilizing the region further.
@@albevanhanoy and how you think they get those minerals for free?
@@qwertyqwerty-zi6dr I am not sure if Russia did it, but they certainly benefit from it.
This video is genuine neocolonial propaganda. shame on you TLDR
How would anyone know if Africa became more destabilized?
More waves of refugee immigration, and people drowning in the sea on tv.
Worsening stats will show if that happen
ppl don't really talk ab it unless its a heavily European invested area like the saharan strip.
Obvious answer
The stable countries get distabilised 🤦🏾♂️
We all know the reason....FRENCH
Only a few months after Sudan, this is definitely going to affect the region.
Huge respect to this guy for not recognizing "isis" by calling them what they want to be called like all reporters do, but saying "the so called Islamic state" 🤝✊️
I bet the ISIS CEO is livid
Because how can they be Islamic and kill Muslims, ISIS Killed more Muslims than anyone else, so they're not muslims even if they call themselves, a lot of Muslims countries fight them and don't want anything to do with them. Even if you call yourself black you aren't black if you born white, and even if ISIS keep trying to relate itself to Islam they're never gonna be Muslims, because of their bloody history of mostly killing Muslims and innocent kids.
@NovikNikolovic this is false. The IS absolutely hate the term Daesh. I thought it translated to something like "Brute" or something. Like there are news stories of them cutting off people's tongue if they use the term. Of course they'd want to be recognized as an official state.
@@MrAH2010 Daesh do hate the term Daesh, as you say. Which is why I think we should consistently call them that.
And I think Daesh means something like "destroyer" or "trampler". That is, someone who tramples on something and destroys it. It is implied that Daesh tramples on Islamic culture.
And the best thing about this name, is that it is muslims who came up with that term. Muslims who hate Daesh. And I think we should respect muslims who hate Daesh, and use their term for them.
This is such a stupid take, holy shit. The reason Tldr spells it out loud, despite everybody already knowing what the acronym 'ISIS' stands for, is because they want to emphasis the "Islamic" character of the organization. Everybody (except for maybe autistic people) can tell that Tldr dislikes Islam and dislikes Muslims based of their reporting.
The complete absence of proper analysis of French colonialism, uranium and gas here brings the whole "independent fact based journalism" into question.
That second “and has provided” hit so hard
Rebuttal #1: The protests were anti-French and burned the French Embassy Entrance door.
Rebuttal #2: The Military joined the rebellion and has called for the French to leave.
Rebuttal #3: Not one of the dictatorships in the region are unstable.
Rebuttal #4: The Security Services started this coup, not the military.
Tbh, I think saying "destabilize Africa" is a gross overgeneralization. Maybe Western Africa, but I don't think it would affect much countries like Kenya, Botsawana, or South Africa (a little, but not much)
Well put. Africa is a very big country, but because nobody really cares people forget that. Even the Onion News Network confuses Nigeria and Niger, and they are the best in the business.
@@vangroover1903 Or maybe thats the joke? Its satire after all.
@@terrycrews1584 Satire??? The Onion News Network???????????????? Say it ain'T so, Terry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here in South Africa, the events in west Africa is bearly noticed unless something big happens like with this coup, and even then it is just mentioned and then back to other world news.
Leave the coup leaders alone. There needs to be drastic change in the governance and economic distribution of the resources in this country.
Africa is such a big, rich country there should be enough for everyone, even those princes and colonels always emailing me from Lagos, asking for money.
@@vangroover1903 It is about greed of the Western powers. Remembering history, the French, British, Dutch, Belgium, all sent their armies to Africa to enrich themselves. Morals have changed, but it is hard to kill greed.
@@ronaldshiffman9171 Agreed. And let's not forget the Germans, too. I wonder if it would help if Niger changed their name to something less confusing? A lot of people are tired of those emails from princes asking for money, even if they are from Nigeria.
Africa is a very large continent, this nonsense will destabilise this particular region.. not “AFRICA”.
Africa isn't even stable, but the Arab north is the best parts of that miserable continent
Africa is three times the size of Europe, yet they talk about it like a single county. And Africa is the least integrated continent. If I remember correctly over 60% of African coups occur in West Africa. Southern Africa and South-Eastern Africa have been fairly peaceful ever since the late 1990s.
@@user-vw6bk4pb4l at this point it's just racism , there is no excuse anymore for ignorance.
Always at least one wiseman, they saud multiple times it would destabilise Sahel
@@user-vw6bk4pb4land commonly where france is the colonial power and a certain religion is dominant
2:45 an editing error! Takes me back to the start of TLDR when the videos were littered with them. Takes me back. You guys have come a long way.
That's an important question, one with no easy answers.
I get this reference. Lmao!!!
You have to keep in mind that there are TWO countries. And their names are spelled differently.
In today's episode of how colonialism fc*ked up the world:
France got no one to blame but themselves. They didn't have ''friendly'' relations with their former colonies at all, they were essentially just still colonizing them. They never really left in the first place. And now they're rightfully being punished for it but it's a shame that it ends up helping Russia as well.
@@kleijnee701 they failed in fuly stopping the djihadists, they did not help the malian army or the malians with their lack of communication with them against these militants, and yes, the cfa franc is virtually controlled by france, as they have to pay a fee to france to oversee their currency, meaning the "aid" may just be from these countries' own pockets. Why haven't we seen countries like ghana or nigeria talk bad about the uk over this, but only former french colonies.
What the hell has France done this time?
Can't hold them responsible for everything and anything happening in Africa
"Flat tire because of bad road management" "Curse you France"
This one here is 100% a French job, as all the officers are French trained.
They pulled a fast one here like they did in Guinea with Mamady Doumbouya, a French legionnaire (French Foreign Legion) who took power in a coup in 2021, and his French wife - Lauriane Darboux active duty police officer in the French National Gendarmerie in the town of Valence, Drôme.
The Niger president, Bazoum signed a more lucrative deal with Rosatom and cut back on the French mining activities which were based on an unfair deal forced on them years ago. Lookup the French newspaper investigative report by Le monde, titled "Russia owns the only plant in the world capable of reprocessing spent uranium" for a bit ofbackground.
The DRC is a great example of what happens when the colonial powers simply withdraw and leave everything for local elites to rule over. There's even more chaos than in places where the French stayed behind.
As an African, it's really annoying to hear problems created by Africans being blamed on someone else, like the Africans can't be held responsible because they're too backwards or what? Coups are so common in Africa it hardly makes local headlines outside of the affected country. The military powers in Africa have never done anything but terrorise their own people and overthrow democratically elected governments. Why these countries think they need an army is beyond me. Who the hell is going to invade the Sahel?
Nah colonialism is good
I first read that as "yet another soup" in the Sahel
As a Nigerian, i hope the good people of Niger are safe but i also know this is going to kead to more islamist insecurity for my country.
I don't think the elements the orchestrated the coup are pro jihadists.
Islamist insecurity ? You should blame france for that mate
Don't blame Niger for Islamic insecurity in your country. Actually you can thank nato for destroying Libya and destabilizing the Sahel. That is the reason that region of the world is full of terrorists.
@@MrTaminomimo I used to, believe me. Bu after seeing how many of these sahel countries are just terrible at managing their own security and borders (my own country literally spends millions just to secure the borders of Niger, Mali etc!) I am not just going to blame France anymore. The sahel countries clearly have a part in the problem.
@@orboakin8074yes but you have to know that their entire economy and currency is controlled by France. How can a country flourish when it can't even control its own currency?? Kicking france will lead to more instability in the short term but it will have a positive effect in the long term
2:46 "and has provided, and has provided" lol hey excellent video but that parts funny
This coup is a right direction for Alkebulan. For anyone who says Alkebulans don't hold themselves accountable: the military coupists literally threatened the finance minister because of his corruption with his life
Alkebulan is a Arabic name lol
@@Elemenobanii
No, google it and it'll tell you it is from Kemet. The Arabs had a different word
😂 bro you've not learned from history at all. The military are the absolute worse to govern.
Who do you think they are answerable to, what stops them from just doing as they please, looting all the money, killing opponents and paying off those that need to be paid off?
What incentives do you think the military have to be just and fair, what constraints do you think they have to check their excesses?
@@Elemenobaniino its not idiot 😂😂
"Destabilise"?
You can not destabilize something that is not stable.
Conflict is Africa's default state. Coups are more common than elections. This is nothing new, or unusual.
You do know that Africa has 54 States and not all of them are unstable..... it's literally less than half
Africas default state when Europe put their hands in it is destabilizing
@@mr.takethingstooseriously Even before Europe came along the African tribes were slaughtering and enslaving each other.
I mean... Africa's default state at this point is a bunch of military juntas and democracies occasionally fighting but cooperating for the African Union in a move that echoes the Holy Roman Empire.
American here. I love that Europe is making the same mistakes we made in South America in the 80s. Just leave, dudes.
Considering how borders are in africa, this was already anticipated, we should expect to see rise in nationalism in Africa, with tribes and clans wanting to reuinte/gain independence. It would happen in Niger, Nigeria, Sudan(yes again), Ethiopia, DRC, etc. They either need strong democratic governance with equal representation and rights like US and South Africa, or they need to progress economically and and educationally so that these nationalism and religion are not very important for common people like in the case of china, were most freedom struggles are dead, or almost dead. Or they would have to increase cooperation among countries, so that it can form something like EU, where people can travel freely between borders, so there won't be much demand for independence. Which ever way they choose, it would pretty interesting to watch it as an outsider, cause we are basically watching nationalism's rise but in Africa this time.
I mean even if back then borders were decided on ethnic and religious bases it wouldn't have changed much, some of the created countries would have been so small that they wouldn't have enough money to create goverments let alone fund public services, some would have been conqured by neighbours for their resources, some would have been corrupted or would be under foreign influence for protection from neigbours. I am not saying established borders were good just that there wasn't an option to create ones that wouldn't create conflicts or humanitarian issues.
@@Tyanus2 There are always options, if not for dictatorial foresight. Africans leaders were quite cunning, cause after independence they could have made better borders, as not having a good border was already a problem faced in several countries like India and Yugoslavia which gained independence much before most of Africa. But dictators followed strategy of colonizers and used divide and rule policy for much of independent African history, while getting funded by European nations. African nations only got independence in for name sake, infact after independence they were looted more, by Europe but indirectly through these Dictators. ELecting good first leader is very important and most Africans countries failed that prospect, the countries which picked good leaders like Botswana are today one of the richest in Africa.
@@shivendraupadhyay1565 In large parts of Africa, ethnic groups did not generally have mutually exclusive geographic borders. Any way you chopped up the land, some groups would be split up. Alternatively, some groups were, and still are, semi-nomadic, which tends to create issues with strict territoriality. There would never have been a way to draw neat borders without a significant amount of ethnic cleansing.
The main reason Europe and much of Asia has relatively neat ethnic borders is _centuries_ of interstate warfare, genocide, cultural suppression and centralised state control. For example, go back to the early medieval period, and there weren't really 'French' people - there were Occitanians, Bretons, Burgundians, Basques...etc. none of whom would have likely viewed themselves as more alike other 'French' people than those on the other side of modern borders. The French monarchy and later Republic _made_ the French.
For better or worse, most of Africa never got that 'opportunity'.
Families have incredible influence over Western democracies, These families founded the sophisticated systems transported through colonies, moieties and governance. It's unfortunate this hasn't translated well culturally and spiritually to the modern African who may now desire to reclaim their identity and sense of independence.
Difficultly may arise because the former Clans and tribes do not appear to represent the appeal of a free democracy, even if it's not the reality.
The system West Africa inherited from the West is a democratic system that should not be dismantled through coups as that could weakens the transition that can peacefully take place.
The catch 22 is that this has to be partially resolved democratically, Africa will have to accept the past and what has been inherited, this includes established border lines.
Actually China isn't a good comparsion as what they're doing is Sinofication, a tactic thats long been a thing the Imperial Chinese had done to the frontiers of were the various empires had been. Its part of the reason Vietnam's identity is as it is as they literally rebelled against China to stop this a good 2,000 years ago.
Anything anti French or anti America is good for Africa not " destabilizing " lol
Don't bother it's a british channel,imperialist propaganda is all over this video
Side-note, it’s clear why they view France as a neo colonial power… they quite clearly are 😅
probably because Africa was a lot more stable and prosperous under colonial rule. 😉
Funny how they leave a neo-colonial's influence just to jump to a neo-nzi & neo-colonial but different influence
@@dice234 he's not totally wrong...
@@dice234yeah conflicts between nativos were less common
@@FTL1511still not your problem
We might be returning back to 2010s where extremists literally took over massive swathes of territory, see Azawad and Burkino Faso.
The only thing that stopped that was the French forces that came in but that obviously led to a sore spot with their former African colonies.
However I'm not sure whether Wagner forces have the capability to stop large formations of extremists as Russia seems more focused on pushing resources into Ukraine and while their performance was pretty good on a small scale, strategically they were unable to affect outcomes (See Western Libya campaign for reference)
The French created the problem when they removed Ghaddafi and promised the Taureg a new country in Northern Mali and Niger. The Islamic terrorist replaced the Tuareg, creating an Islamic caliphate in the Sahel. Stop treating African countries as security problems and build economic relationships with these countries so that they can fund social and economic development in their countries.
@@sulaak They are not mutually exclusive, France could be the a cause for the instability AND the reason why it doesn't spread.
Also social/economic development AND security ARE mutually inclusive, you can't have one without the other...
@@sulaak always the fault of others countries right? Is it us, the french, who pushed africans to take weapons against themself? Is it us who made this coup d'Etat? Is it us who are responsible for the corruption in the country? for example Mali. We were helping the military to fight against the extremist. And what happened? They used it as a reason to make a coup d'Etat. Maybe it's also time for african countries to deal with themself and stop making excuses "we are in a bad shape because of the west, of Russia, ....". Maybe if african countries could stop attacking each other like we, european people, used to do, african people could be prosperate.
We had wars with every country in Europe. But now, we know we'll never fight again each other because we let our past behind us. Maybe it's time for African countries to do the same.
France helped trqin, arm and sponsor the very jihadists that Gadaffi kept in check for years.
French were to!pivot in jihadist activity
The Russian security services are there per invitation. France is now free to take their forces to where they are neesed. Ukraine
@@ThomasWright-jw6eoFrance caused the instability. Them stopping it from destroying all of west Africa doesn't mean France is a good actor in Africa.
There are 54 sovereign countries in the African continent. I don't think E-Swantini or Seychelles care what happens in North West Africa on the Southern part of the Sahara. The yes, the wider continent, NO!
They actually do, doesn't the AU take sides?!?
@@mimi21746 They don't
Not the individual countries on the continent. Algeria, Libya, Benin, Nigeria yes as they are in the West and North West Africa region.
The likes of Sao Tome & Prinicipe, Namibia, Comoros, Botswana No!
They could have put the Sahel but most people have no idea where that is.
Sahel: "We need a new security guarantor to replace Europe & America!"
China: "Russia is busy, and Wagner is closed for good. We will step in, and offer BRI Incentives."
Wagner is closed for good? There is no evidence of that. They will continue to do what they are doing.
@@ibrahimmekonnen8259Which is an awful lot of nothing under Wagner thhe insurgency in the Sahel has only grown, with the promises they made to the Malian Government amounting to absolutely nothing.
Sad to see, African states should really do something about stability, economic and security, and democracy in general. Hope the West(europe and US) stays away and we wish them the best.
Said like someone who isnt actually interested whatsoever and hasn't really listened to the video. Why do you think the coup happened in the first place?
its impossible for Africa to be stable since NATO military forces cause instability everywhere, every single coup, war and terror attack in Africa is done by US, German, French or Italian trained criminals who are using American supplied weaponry.
Until these people leave Africa, the motherland will never know peace and freedom
@dgk693 my man why do you think Thomas Dankara only got a proper burial this year?
@@comradesillyotter1537 All I have to say is that these coups occur because African states are trying to do something about stability, "economic", security and democracy. Unlike those countries that had their fights 100s of years ago with noone to judge them as evil because of it, Africans countries were just created by europeans about 120 years ago and if there is a conflict it is judged as the nature of the African.
Thomas Sankara is an example that there are right head Africans that try to lead but get frustrated by the forces lf evil.
I am no support of a coup but I recognise natural development which includes conflict in a growth of a country.
Foreigner countries should stay out of African problems, even though they started it all
*"France Still has Neo-colonial Hold and imperialistic views on Africa"*
Prove me wrong
m8 this one was done against the french
It has not and the abandonned Africa during the late 70’s where the direct implication on those countries just costed too much. Plus some scandals like the Bokassa affair for Giscard president. But as you can see since then the situation improved in some countries well managed like Senegal but it’s the opposite in some others
Africa can not be summarised. Situations are different in each country.
Hey do you mind making videos on the riots in France, or the ongoing war between the west, ukraine versus Russia? Thanks a lot I am looking forward to it!
Why don't you make them yourself?
I think we are going to see a lot of African countries go through their own Arab spring
But instead of being used by the west now africa might be trully free from western control, sadly they might fall to chinese or russian control, hope african becomes trully free now
@@yogisteinanimations8235 yeah not gonna happen lol they gonna have to sell there rocks somewhere so they can pay for infrastructure and security. Russia may be offering a temporary solution but Africa needs to wake up Russia is only doing this because they are at war need more money and resources to keep the war going. Already happening in Sudan and Mali
@@yogisteinanimations8235Chinese control is investments for railways, ports, electrification, and so forth, in sofsr as working for anyone that's probably the best for them
Best video title I have seen in weeks
I find the part "military dictatorship" misleading or overreaching considering ECOWAS the regional body wouldn't tolerate it and sanction the nation catastrophically cause it is a landlocked state like what they did to Mali when they wanted to extend for for 3 instead of 2 years transition!
ECOWAS has been sanctioned and ECOWAS has also implicitly threatened military intervention if democracy is not restored to niger
This is very bad for Nigeria, Benin, Togo literally any country close to them
Nice information
It's about minerals...nothing else
All of the coup leaders are French trained officers, Mohamed Bazoum was chastised by France for kicking them out of the Uranium sector in favour of Rosatom. I guess...this was the payback.
Then there is also the Guinea president - Mamady Doumbouya, a French legionnaire (French Foreign Legion) who took power in a coup in 2021, and his French wife - Lauriane Darboux active duty police officer in the French National Gendarmerie in the town of Valence, Drôme.
He tried to loosen his muppet strings and got fired by Paris.
Thank you for the information, brother. Some intentionally left this out.
I also forgot to mention Alassane Ouattara, of the Ivory Coast who was backed by France as well and his French wife Dominique Nouvian.
This one isn't a soldier, is well educated and serves France so well they couldn't let him retire in 2020 when he was supposed to constitutionally retire. Look it up.
Stop saying shit... The recent coups are anti-France and pro-Wagner. Mali? Pro-Wagner coup. Burkina Faso? Pro-Wagner coup. Sudan? Pro-Wagner coup and It's not even a former French colony. Russia is the new neocolonial influence. You are just too blinded by anti-French propaganda to realize it.
The country that are not backed and helped by France are in crisis.
Ivory Coast has an incredible economic growth during the last 15 years.
Why is peace so hard to keep?
"Destabilize Africa"
Yeah cos if there's one thing Africa's known for, it's stability. Honestly shocked that a _coup_ of all things would happen there
It's like they take it that Africa is a unified country.
Destabilize Africa? Joke, right? Before you destabilize you must be stable.
one coup destabilizing 54 nations thats funny
So thats how its pronounced!
The *country* , not the river.
The Niger River is pronounced "N-eye J-uhr."
@@grantorino2325 It's the same name... you can pronounced the French way or the English way, but it's the same word.
an african being pro france is like being a fan of cbt
don't worry, from now on they will receive CBT from Russia with Love
It's just acting in self interest instead of ideology.
If CBT earned someone a million per session we'd have more fans
Cognitive Behavioral therepy?
@@tomlxyz yeah but it's more blatantly against the people than being a dirty politician working with the Russians stealing mineral profits
@@ExarchGamingcock and ball tortue
Poor french how they gonna get their Uranium
Africa is twice the size of Europe yet you guys talk about it likes it’s a country
TLDR is leaving a lot of context out of this report
What do you expect from Western propaganda?
TLDR is extremely amateurish. It's not credible enough to be "propaganda."
Not everything is propaganda just FYI
LAMO the title is comical.
The N-Country
The answer is. Africa is not the size your palm.
So let me get this straight, countries in africa don't like french ,yet , many of the immigrants that come to the EU ,including ,France, are from said countries. Hypocrite much?
France steals its resources...gets Africa fucked up then immigrants come.. doesn't take a rocket science course
They come to France because they know French because of France's old colonial rule and ongoing influence in government institutions. That's a natural consequence, not hypocrisy.
Perhaps it is ironic, but I don't see how it's in any way hypocritical. They aren't going to France because they love France and everything it stands for, they're going there because they speak French and because they want to seek out a better quality of life. A quality of life that is denied to them in their home countries in large part because of the past and present foreign policies of France. I hate a lot of things about the foreign policy of my own country (USA), but the fact that it's FOREIGN policy means that living here is the best way to avoid it.
Not everyone in a given country will think the same.
France occupies several majority African islands, like Comoros' Mayotte Island and it other so-called "overseas territories". That's where the majority black people who are in France come from.
All I'm going to say is this... there was a reason south Africa gave up its nukes.
Yeah sad, but true.
What a racist thing to say...but sadly very true.
@@banto1why is that racist? I am not well informed on this subject but it just seems like an instable country giving up his nukes. Isn't this just a good thing?
Apartheid and colonialism were abominations that are horrendously difficult to recover from, especially when subject to neo colonialism and when religious fundamentalism is widespread. The only country to use nukes was America. This was during segregation. The dog whistle is the weapon of the coward.
south africa isnt worse than pakistan or north korea, or even russia and china.
Pretty ballsy to be coming out here with the hard R like that
Algerians especially in the south must feel thankful 🥲 that this won’t badly affect them but some being so close makes it feel hard on those just miles away 😢
Who said its not affecting them, they getting every fay irregular migrants crossing
Everyone to In-Guezzam
Is that why the president of Algeria has flown to Moscow??
@@brieflyPlay Honestly every North Africa country does
What kind of success if you can't feed the people?
Rebels: We are closing Niger's borders to prevent foreign interference.
US F-35: That's not how this works.
France has already ignored their threats and resupplied their 1,500 soldiers
Government be like fuck around then find out
Imao. That's how u pronounce this country's name🤣
If you want to avoid ending up in a Southpark episode, then yes 😋
i think it's french, might be why he's pronouncing it that way.
That's how you're suppose to pronounce it.
Yes, it's the correct way in French.
.....INDEED IT'S BC OF THAT
....HEHEHE
Africa is more than just the Sahel.
Expecting TLDR to tell the truth on why these coups are happening is like expecting western politicians to say the truth.😂
Okay, why is the coup happening? I am a Nigerian. Please enlighten me. Is it happening because some brave freedom fighters are stopping neo-colonialism? or are simply just corrupt military thugs looking to seize power and undermine another African democracy?
Africans doing what comes naturally.
Breaking: Africa loses additional bit of stability it didnt know it had
Nice reference 😂
@@FictionHubZA 😉
Phew, that's ok then!
Thanks for covering this. Niger is one of the poorest countries on the planet, has the highest fertility rate (7.1 births/woman), and with 50% of the population under the age of 15. As this huge youth demographic ages, it will create even more unrest and instability. While you did cover the events leading up to the current coup, you didn't address the question in the title - mainly, will this spill over to other African countries, or is it just another domino is Russia's grand plan (whatever that is).
Russian plan is obvious.
To get rid of French influence in Africa.
Since Russia economic relations with EU and US are dying, it needs alternatives. Russian mutual trade with Africa in 2023 alone grew by a third.
And it really helps that France is viewed as colonial/neo-colonial force and USSR/Russia is viewed as liberator from European colonisation.
Basically both Africa and Russia win. Russia gets more trade, Africa gets more sovereignty.
@@neverknowsbest2879 Maybe, but it isn't like Russia is still trying to export the revolution and make exploited Africans Marxist/Leninist fellow travelers. Russia has plenty of uranium of its own and Niger doesn't need Russian oil or gas (when Nigeria is a neighbor). Is it really worth it for Putin to take responsibility for 25M radical Muslims, just to give Macron some indigestion?
@neverknowsbest2879 does Africa get more sovereignty tho, or is it swaping one hegemon for another?
@@jamesn0va Even if Russia wanted, it has no power to behave like a hegemon in Africa.
Can you imagine Russia bombing Libya to dust like US/Europe did? It couldn't even theoretically happen because Russia is too far away and has no big military bases nearby.
Even in Syria Russia is only because it was invited.
Russia has to negotiate with Africa, it can dictate nothing.
@@neverknowsbest2879 Somewhat off topic, but Russia's interest in Syria is totally to do with it's naval base in Tartus. This is a key strategic base for Putin, giving him critical presence in the Med. Russia is willing to help out Assad so long as Assad is willing to lease that naval base. Outside of that, there is no Russian interest in that part of the Levant. Niger doesn't have a port, so I still can't see what interest Russia would have to get involved.
Man Africa just having coups left and right
Dictators doing what dictators do
8:00 "progress" what progress? democracy is literally a synonym for being controlled by international banks.
In the turbulent storm of Apartheid, my heart was ardently tethered to the cause of Nelson Mandela. Witnessing the emergence of the African National Congress as a dominant political force was a moment I cherished. It is, however, deeply sorrowful to perceive that the ANC, once the beacon of resistance, today stands in staunch support of Russia and the Wagner Group, lending their voices to the military coup in Niger.This, regrettably, is often the cruel twist of fate: those who have lived the torment of oppression can become the very agents of it. One need not look further than Israel for an illustration of this paradox. But to see the ANC descend to such depths, this I had not anticipated. It is an alarming indication of the tortuous complexity of the political landscape, an unexpected evolution that stirs an ache of disappointment deep within me.
Black people can't successfully govern themselves.
Africa is a continent, not a country. So why would Niger coup destabilize Africa? Did the other coups in the past destabilize Africa? NO
Yes. The fall of Gadhafi greatly destabilized the region.
@@Inkan1969 What region? Only Libya was affected.
@@blackmaster999The sahel region. When Libya fell, a ton of weapons and fighters crossed the border to the north of Mali, contributing in parts to the Touareg insurection there
actually wagner group is protecting a resource area and hired by a high rank possible in niger
Lol of course.. wagner "protecting" a resource area.
Don't forget the French exploitation
I’m surprised you didn’t mention what most Africans think the west needs to do in order to regain favor in the region! …it’s painfully obvious😂
Gibs?
Do you guys hire remote jobs at all? I have relevant experience that I think would be useful
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Is it possible that Russian assets are the ones motivating these coups in Africa?
France has a colony of around 8/9 African countries that are required to send 85% of their reserves to the main bank in France, its modern-day slavery and the people have no power over such things as the treacherous "presidents" are put in place to make sure the slavery is enforced, the issue is that if the whole country fights against it like Niger, they will most likely go extinct as a country, UNLESS a country as powerful as Russia is there to support them through it, its a win-win for both Niger and Russia and I wish the best for the people of Niger in this revolution of stopping this slavery they've been in all this time
@@Kraypus I appreciate your opinion and agree that France's "neo-colonialism" requires at very least close scrutiny, but Russia deserves scrutiny as well.
@@Kraypus ..yes..
@@SpazzyMcGee1337 Half of the world is influenced by the West and the other half makes up BRICS, if for example you had certain rules for the residents of your house and enforced those, that would mean nothing to your neighbours, morals, rights and wrongs are all based on area they're observed at, ISIS truly believe they are right for the way they slaughter, that only makes them wrong to the eyes of the one that disagrees, which creates a paradox, so who is truly right? Both parties, same goes with world conflicts, therefore you existentially arent any more right than the opposition and the only just outcome would be to agree to disagree
@@Kraypus Nah, bro. Your bothsideism just doesn't work with ISIS. Disagreements are fine, but terrorism, war and bloodshed are not. "Who is truly right?" Definitely not the ones who slaughter believing they are right. I wonder if you're African. There, slaughtering must be considered a human right.
This is a purge...
As a young person in Africa I have some questions for the west. Why is there and has there been a somewhat simmering anti-western feeling anoungst most on the continent? Does the west have to do some introspection on how they have treated, traded and interacted with the continent? China and Russia don't have the best intentions on the continent but what options are there? Africa wants a better space in the global arena, how do we achieve this? the west has looked at us as inncabable and sickly (the past speaks for itself). The coup is just a symptom of a larger problem with great powers
Well I think to help Africa’s cause, it would be necessary to note that the west is not uniform. Can you blame Canada, which is part of the west, for France’s colonial past? I think that would be inappropriate.
Secondly, I think it interesting that you note yourself as a “young person in Africa”. This says to me that you are building solidarity between African nations. But there is also a downside to this in the fact that to build solidarity amongst African nations you must also be wary of other African nations’ historical colonizers, even though those other western nations have done nothing to your particular country.
So while I do agree that there is anti-western feelings in Africa. The sheer volume of dislike for the west in Africa does not make particular sense to me. Especially since Russia, the successor state of the Soviet Union, did the exact same colonial policies in their own region as the European colonizers and the exact same interference policies in Africa as the USA. So to me, a westerner, Africa’s wariness of the west is somewhat justified. But at the same time extremely hypocritical.
The diff between france and russia is that russia stayed whitin asia and europe, they got the same history but I would argue that france has progressed more than russia when it comes to their mentality.
This doesnt mean france dont have some issues today but anyone who thinks russia is going to be better is just ignorant of the history and how the russian system works.
@@kurousagi8155Russia and China actually do what they say they will do which is make deals and build stuff and leave. Africans suffer less condensation from China and Russia like they do the west which is trying to bully them into accepting LGBTQ and other nonsense. If africa has to choose a poison, Russia and China are the better alternative, they tried the west and that ended I slavery and colonialism. The definition of insanity is to repeat something and expect a different outcome.
Stop making yourself dependent on Russia, China, USA and Europe…will make you poorer for a while but will lead you to a better future…invest hard in education and technology. information and innovation is power. To make your security and technology dependent on Russian mercenaries and other powerful countries was, is and if not changed will continue to be Africa’s biggest block to grow.
@@ricardomadleno564I like this
“Reversing all of the progress which has been made in the past 15 years” honestly sometimes I don’t understand the way certain rhetoric. What progression? A democratic progression which has only benefited the west and the rulers of that country? Leaving a majority of the Nigerians in horrific basic condition……have they even lived in Niger!? maybe a military democratic rule is what is needed to whip the country back in the shape. Because the people are tired, they don’t care enough about politics because they just want to eat! And clearly this western concept of neo-democracy has only caused more division and helping it.
I swear sometimes, I like feel I’m going crazy. A majority of the world is ran by narcissist psychopath that don’t even have a an ounce for humanity in regards to the bigger picture.
Oh and I forgot to mention about the uranium thing …but that’s not obviously important…
"military democratic rule" brother your poor countries can be ruled however the hell they see it fit, just dont call a populist dictator a "democrat" there's no democracy in the rule of a few bastards that pocket all your money, pretend to care for your people in the most dishonest fashion and start fights against the west like they can win them all. If half of you deranged Africans on the internet where more humble you'd see that there's not gonna be much change from a flawed democracy to a military junta. Blindfolded and gaged you try scream into the void of the internet.
If the French really do have a major presence in their post-colonial territories, then would it mean that Britain’s Commonwealth is achieving the same end?
The French are sore that Britain got all the good pieces and they were left with the crumbs. And now Algeria will start replacing French with English in the schools. Too funny.
No. Unlike the former French colonies, Britain practically has no influence on its former colonies' affairs and as a result, they remain the most stable & well-off countries in Africa.
Huh, interesting. So if every country that was once a British colony of the 2nd empire is now well - to an extent, then does it show a bigger persistence from the French to maintain a kind of control over post colonial countries?
@@JuliusAtaturk-hy9tz It's worth noting that the matter is very complex and involves many factors but yes, France has strived to maintain its influence over its former colonies through means such as Françafrique back in the Cold War era, and today it still controls the monetary policies of all those countries.
If France really had an influence on its previous colonial zone, do you think they would let this happen ?
dat thumbnail, the editor knew what he was doing
Please look into the ethnic crisis in Manipur India
@@Canyouseemeanna Those who are confused are the far right Hindu nationalists who cannot support The Hindu Meiteis because they are in the offensive but do not want to support Kuki Zo either
Average day in Africa:
- Dodging the bullets and shrapnel from the local insurgents in the opposite village
- Bribing the policeman 3000 CFA to not get sent to jail for insulting the regime
- Enjoying the sunset after the 2rd coup of the day was unsuccesful
Would the stable african country please stand up?
Cabo Verde ?
The map at 1:39 is wrong.
Western Sahara was not a French colony. It was a Spanish colony.
Niger is not important to the west for "supressing" islamic insurgency in the sahel region, it is important for provoking and maintaining islamic insurgency to keep sahel region unstable and poor.
Provide evidence.
Why? How would west profit from that? It's to unstable to extract lots of resources, to be able to invest in mines there needs stability.
@@lubricustheslippery5028resource extraction is already being done through rebel groups and the prices at which resources are bought are so low that the profit is much higher than it would be if there was mining concession.
@@SYN022 If you have seen an mining operation in west Europe. You had understand that it's in comparison is barely nothing. Good railways and huge and expensive machines is needed. No matter how much child labor it is it can't compare with trucks that is 8m high
Cristian France terrorist Jihadists in Niger want stealing gold and uranium Niger people's!!!
THAT'S AN OUTRAGEOUS THUMBNAIL
There was also a coup in Nigeria and no one is talking about it.
When
@@dahabizizy February 25, 2023
@@dahabizizy basically an election most people disagree with.
@@worldwide8587You can't have a coup against someone who wasn't in power.
Lol there was no coup in Nigeria, there was just a little rigging during the elections. Our democracy, despite not being perfect has been one of the most stable one in West Africa.
😂😂😂 spit my drink out
I love the nervousness of every Caucasian pronouncing Niger ("emphasis the single *g,* rhymes with _chair")._
Lol we in croatia pronounce it niger no emphasis on g it is what americans think as a slur against blacks quite funny😂😂😂
Bro stop it we see where your mind is...
@@heralds5662 you from america?
@@limitbreak2321What's wromg with his comment
Only those who speak English... in other languages it's irrelevant.