Tag: ECOWAS
African states are one-by-one falling outside the shackles of neocolonialism. They are saying “non” to France’s longtime domination of African financial, political, economic and security affairs.
French President Emmanuel Macron has refused to withdraw from this former French colony, on the pretext that the Nigerien regime demanding it came to power in a coup, on July 26. Macron poses as a defender of democracy against the coup that toppled French-backed Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum. On this basis, Macron is keeping French troops in Niger and refusing the Nigerien regime’s demand that he replace French Ambassador to Niger Sylvain Itté.
Biden’s little chat with Tinubu says a lot about the realities of what is going to happen and what can happen on the ground.
The impoverished West African state of Niger is the latest flashpoint in the struggle by the imperialist powers for a redivision of the world.
