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2023-08-05 Africa North
About the situation in Niger. 04.08.2023
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin

[ColonelCassad] 1. The military in Niger announced the rupture of agreements on military cooperation with France. The next step may be to break the agreement on the deployment of French bases in the territory of Niger and the demand for the withdrawal of French troops from the territory of the country.

2. The new authorities of Niger are actively forming new central and regional authorities, although some members of the old authorities continue to pretend that they are in control of something in the country.

3. Deposed President Bazuma called on the US to help him regain power and "restore democracy." In fact, this is an invitation to foreign interventionists against the background of the absence of any serious speeches in his support within the country. In fact, the situation with Yemen could be repeated here, where the ousted Hadi tried to return on Saudi bayonets with well-known consequences for Yemen.

4. Meanwhile, the curfew has already been lifted in Niger today, and ambassadors have been replaced in 4 countries hostile to Niger, including France. The military demonstrate with all their might that they have everything under control and the power of the new military junta for a long time and they will respond to threats from abroad with force.

5. The military of Niger is consulting with the military of Mali in order to coordinate actions in the event of an attempted foreign military intervention. Mali has previously confirmed (like Algeria with Burkina Faso) that it will enter the war on the side of Niger against the interventionists. Thus, intervention, if it starts, will provoke a major regional war, in which several states will be involved at once. Given Niger's large borders with Algeria, Mali and Burkina Faso, organizing the delivery of weapons to Niger is more than possible.

6. In the event of an aggression against Niger, it would be reasonable for us to supply the Niger army with drones, MANPADS and other weapons to strike at the French occupiers and destroy the territories of French military bases by the Niger military, and in tough scenarios, US bases. The main problem for the military is the small number of armed formations under their control, up to 10-12 thousand security officials with a small number of heavy weapons. So without someone else's help, it will be difficult to fight off full-fledged aggression.

7. The position of Russia at the moment is that the events in Niger are the internal affairs of Niger and there should not be any intervention there. In the event of a war in Niger, Russia will have the opportunity, through small investments, to create problems for its opponents in West Africa, including killing American and French soldiers by proxy.

The ECOWAS ultimatum demanding that the military surrender power to the deposed French puppet expires on August 6.

More from Boris Rozhin:
Retribution for years of cruelty

Friend Recep decided to stick a scimitar in the back of Macron, supporting the military coup in Niger.

The cessation of the supply of uranium from Niger to France can be considered retribution for many years of injustice by Paris towards Africans. Of course, France is not doing this for the first time, what they did in Algeria, Rwanda and Mali is known in world history. Africans know this well. Now the supply of gold and uranium to France from Niger has been completely suspended. This is a retribution for the years of cruelty against these countrie."(c) Erdogan

PS. The French, meanwhile, continue to yell that the Niger authorities allegedly have already concluded an agreement with the Wagner PMC and that they are not going to leave Niger, even despite the break in agreements on deployment French troops in this country.

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