Niger puts an end to uranium and gold export to France
Niger puts an end to uranium and gold export to France
Niger coup leader General Abdourahamane Tchiani, despite being EU's largest supplier of uranium, halts uranium and gold export to France.
Lots of videos of pro-coup/military protests on the streets.
Even if the West intervenes, Africa is growing stronger and less dependent. Multi polarity can't be stopped anymore.
Africa is growing stronger and less dependent.
Africa is growing less dependent on European democracies and more dependent on Russian and Chinese dictatures. Good for them if they feel that it is in their interest. History will tell.
There can literally be nothing worse than European dominance. There has never been a more brutal, more murderous, more rapacious, more extractive, more devastating, more dehumanizing, more violent, or more destructive movement for dominance than the last 600 years of the European project. Requiring that the West compete with other world powers to offer better terms and less oppression is going to result in positive movement for everyone EXCEPT the West who will have to adjust to less profit.
Remember, for every dollar that goes to poor countries in aid, 2.5 dollars come out of those countries and back to the West.
Developing countries were erroneously overbilled $700Bn in 2012 alone, which is literally 5x the humanitarian aid they received.
So with all due respect, fuck the West and fuck the propaganda that makes you think the "dictatures" are worse.
Well, European "democracies" built their wealth by exploiting those countries through colonisation, coups, and political assassination. On the other hand, Russian and Chinese "dictatures" respectively built their wealth through the extraction of their own resources, and by building their own productive force.
Theoritically, it should work better for them. Chinese loans are already working better than IMF ones so it's looking good so far.
French military intervention incoming
French military has been working with Niger's military for quite me time, actually placing French soldiers under the commandment of Niger's generals in their fight against Islamists. They will only act if the mob attacks French nationals, who are in the hundreds.
Niger is going to need a healthy dose of freedom and democracy to make sure that France can keep getting the uranium it needs to run its reactors.
Nice nice nice