Africans Deserve Better Than Emigration - The American Spectator
American SpectatorAPR 2023
The fact that the French ambassador was expelled from Niger further proves the growing local and regional resentment against the former colonial ruler. While Paris continues to interfere in Niger's internal affairs and demand the reinstatement of its puppet government, the coup is primarily a product of the "Françafrique" policy, the rejection of the French presence in the country, and France's failed anti-terror campaign.
The French ambassador's expulsion marks a new round of hostility and reflects a broader regional ingratitude toward France. What the putschists in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger tend to ignore in their anti-French tirades is that without France's counterterrorism operations, these countries would probably no longer exist. The coup in Niger is a coup against democracy, its people, and its sustenance.