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France begins evacuating its citizens from Niger
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.Commentary by Russian military journalist Bris Rozhin: [ColonelCassad] France began to take out its citizens from Niger, along the way continuing to threaten the military seized power. Following France, the export of their citizens began other EU states. The threat of foreign intervention is on the agenda. The removal of citizens may precede the preparation of an armed invasion of Niger by a coalition of several African states with the support of NATO countries. To date, Niger has opened borders with Mali, Chad, Algeria, Burkina Faso and Libya. Three of these countries have Wagner PMCs, and Algeria is one of the main buyers of Russian weapons in the region. However, the readiness of Algeria, Mali and Burkina Faso to stand up for Niger and fight the aggressors on its territory somewhat complicates the plans of potential interventionists, since instead of the usual local aggression, a war may turn out that will cover the entire region. In addition, the aforementioned African countries have threatened to withdraw from ECOWAS in the event of an invasion of Niger, which will lead to further fragmentation of the bloc dependent on France. In the meantime, there is no intervention, the military is strengthening its power and has already frozen the export of gold and uranium to Europe. Even now it is not difficult to predict that if the West does not start a war of conquest in Niger, this will lead to further depletion of the West's influence in West Africa with the automatic growth of the influence of Russia and China. Posted by: badanov 2023-08-03 |
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