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Niger coup, Russia, CFA Franc, Euro

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In Niger, the military led by (the bad…) Abdourahmane Tchiani has staged a coup against (the good…) elected president, Mohamed Bazoum.

Thousands of supporters of the coup marched through the streets of the capital Niamey on 30 July, waving Russian flags, chanting the name of (the bad…) Russian president “Poutine” and denouncing (the good…) colonial France and storming its embassy.
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According to our good western media, (the bad…) Russian mercenary group Wagner is operating in neighbouring Mali, and (the bad…) Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to expand his influence in the region.

France and (the double-plus good…) European Union have suspended security cooperation and financial aid to Niger in response to the coup.

The (good…) African Union has issued a 15-day ultimatum to the junta in Niger to reinstall the democratically elected Mohamed Bazoum.
The (good…) West African regional bloc ECOWAS has threatened to use military force if Bazoum isn’t reinstated in a week. Nigeria is the dominant country in Ecowas, whose other member states are Benin; Burkina Faso; Cape Verde; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Ivory Coast; Liberia; Mali; Niger; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-afri ... 6_124.html


Why would the predominantly “black” Niger, one of the poorest countries in the world, elect the arab Mohamed Bazoum for president?

It is obvious that Bazoum is blatantly supported by the western “democracies” (maybe some Africans would call these colonial powers?).
Paul Melly from Chatham House (a.k.a. RIIA) has praised Bazoum for his “brave” intention to help the depopulation agenda advance in Niger:
Bazoum is stressing the case for more education for girls. But he's tying that to the question of family size in a way that is quite brave politically.
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Maybe surprising that Ibrahim Yahaya Ibrahim of the George Soros funded International Crisis Group (and Fulbright scholar) made critical remarks about Bazoum as interior minister, "It is clear that the government has abused power in terms of reducing people's freedoms and liberties and arresting activists just for demonstrating", adding that there are military executions of civilians and people who disappear…

In November 2022, Niger’s Constitutional Court declared Bazoum’s main opponent, Hama Amadou, "ineligible" to run in the presidential election: https://www.dw.com/en/niger-election-ju ... a-56028361
(https://archive.is/8lcuj)


Obviously Africans don’t have much confidence anymore in a so-called “democracy” that has effectively kept them enslaved by colonial forces.
In the 33 years since 1990, there have been 43 coups and 41 failed attempts in Africa.

ECOWAS has imposed sanctions on Niger, including a no-fly zone: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023 ... -new-order


It’s a bit strange that there’s hardly information on what the Abdourahmane Tchiani led junta actually blame Mohamed Bazoum for.
The best I found is that Tchiani accuses Bazoum for “several problems in Niger, including insecurity, economic woes and corruption”. There has to be more!

The leader of Russia's Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin (Putin’s friend or foe?), has reportedly praised the coup.
What happened in Niger is nothing other than the struggle of the people of Niger with their colonisers.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66337767


After “independence” from their colonial oppressors, many former African colonies kept their connections to the colonial powers through their currencies.
The CFA franc was/is (now called “eco” connected to the Euro,) used by 14 Mid-West African countries, including Niger, and required for the member countries to deposit half of their foreign exchange reserves with the French Treasury.
Besides Niger, these countries with the eco coin are: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal, Togo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo.

French representatives also took seats on the boards of central banks of West African States.
After reforms no more French are on the boards of these African central banks, and they don’t deposit 50% of foreign exchange reserves into the French Treasury anymore.

In the 1980s and ’90s, the “poor” Global South transferred the equivalent of 56 Marshall Plans to the “rich” North in the form of “debt service”.

After abolition of slavery, huge “reparations” were paid to French former slave owners (like in Britain). These funds were then used to establish colonial banks in Africa, to keep the “slaves” under control: https://jacobin.com/2021/03/africa-colo ... c-currency


The pro-Russian New Eastern Outlook (Journal-neo.org) is blocked in the EU (I don’t know why I get a message from the KPN corporation). I hoped for some interesting information on Niger…
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Firestarter wrote: Sun Aug 06, 2023 7:52 amThe (good…) West African regional bloc ECOWAS has threatened to use military force if Bazoum isn’t reinstated in a week.
After the deadline passed, ECOWAS chair and Nigerian President Bola Tinubu couldn’t start the military intervention in Niger because several ECOWAS countries didn’t want this. Even in Nigeria, the largest opposition coalition railed against a "not only pointless but irresponsible” military action.

Former suspended ECOWAS countries Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea have called any intervention by ECOWAS, a “declaration of war”, and have promised to support Niger if that happens: https://www.france24.com/en/africa/2023 ... n-in-niger


The following describes Niger as “one of Washington’s closest allies in Africa” that has “fumbled” its response to the coup, which plays into the hands of Chabad buddy Putin.
The US doesn’t even have an ambassador in Niger, at the African Union or in neighbouring Nigeria. On top of that the Africa desk at the National Security Council is held by a short-term temporary post.

In April, Mohamed Bazoum replaced the army chief of staff and the head of the national gendarmerie, hoping to place his own cronies in high places.
On July 24, Bazoum directed an aide to draft a decree to dismiss the presidential guard’s leader, General Omar Tchiani. This is what triggered the coup.

Mohamed Bazoum came to Washington blatantly repeating the “woke” agenda points, like gender-equality at events hosted by the State Department and the Gates Foundation, and boasted about his efforts to educate girls so their birthrates will drop.

See Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, Washington, 2022.
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https://archive.is/MNsi0


According to WestExec’s US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Russia's Wagner mercenary group is "taking advantage" of the instability in Niger:
I think what happened, and what continues to happen in Niger was not instigated by Russia or by Wagner, but...they tried to take advantage of it.
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Niger’s neighbours Mali and Burkina Faso, have already become close with Moscow since their own coups: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66436797
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Is it all a charade?!?

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Firestarter wrote: Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:56 pm
Firestarter wrote: Sun Aug 06, 2023 7:52 amThe (good…) West African regional bloc ECOWAS has threatened to use military force if Bazoum isn’t reinstated in a week.
After the deadline passed, ECOWAS chair and Nigerian President Bola Tinubu couldn’t start the military intervention in Niger because several ECOWAS countries didn’t want this.
ECOWAS has announced a new ultimatum on the Niger junta that ousted the pro-Western President Mohamed Bazoum, warning that if they don’t return Bazoum to power this weekend, a military intervention will follow by their newly activated “standby force” (but not when?!?).
ECOWAS commissioner Abdel-Fatau Musah stated:
Let no one be in doubt that if everything else fails the valiant forces of West Africa, both the military and the civilian components, are ready to answer to the call of duty.
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This ultimatum also passed but nothing happened…

The African Union had a meeting on the crisis in Niger, in which they rejected the proposed Ecowas intervention, with southern and northern African countries “fiercely against any military intervention”.
The opponents of military intervention include large African countries Algeria and South Africa, “You can start a military intervention, but you never know how it will end”.

ECOWAS has imposed sanctions against Niger, while France, Germany and the US have suspended aid programmes. The European Union hasn’t (yet) imposed sanctions on the coup leaders: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/ ... niger-coup


In late May 2023, a new approach for the French army in West Africa's Sahel was announced by French President Emmanuel Macron.
As part of this mission 1,500 French soldiers were (still are!) stationed in Niger.

Michael Shurkin of risk management firm 14N Strategies explained:
I believe the French army is trying to use Niger as a laboratory for new relationships, and be a supporter rather than a leader.
France is convinced it needs to be as discreet as possible.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/2 ... -operation


There are also US soldiers in Niger (maybe something of a 1000?).
The Biden administration wants to keep US forces and assets in Niger.

On top of that, several of Niger’s current military leaders have been trained by the US army. Crucially this includes junta leader Moussa Barmou, who helped lead the military takeover and is now Niger’s “chief of defense”.
A couple of days after the coup, acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland travelled to Niger for a meeting with Barmou.

Marcus Hicks, former commander of Special Operations Command Africa, who worked closely with Barmou, said he “is not anti-western”, but “Barmou is a friend to a lot of us in the US military … I have no sense that they want us to leave”: https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/17/politics ... index.html


After French Ambassador Sylvain Itte refused to meet with the military leadership of Niger, they demanded that Itte would leave the country within 48 hours.

France simply refused as confirmed by French President Emmanuel Macron: https://www.france24.com/en/africa/2023 ... ays-macron
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