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President of Niger: My country is under attack and I’ve been taken hostage (www.washingtonpost.com)

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This is an opinion piece by the democratically elected president of Niger.

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[–] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I guess we ignore the pro democracy protesters that got shot by the people who "booted him out"? Why do you make excuses for military coups, dictatorships and the suffering of Africans? Do you want those regions to finally stabilize or no?