| | After the coup the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) threatened an invasion of Niger. The states of Niger, [[Mali]], and [[Burkina Faso]] declared any NATO, Western-backed, or ECOWAS attack against Niger is an attack against all. [[Algeria]] also opposes any NATO-backed aggression.<ref>https://libya360.wordpress.com/2023/08/06/algeria-and-the-sahel-on-the-brink-of-war/</ref> Leading the charge for an attack on Niger was [[Nigerian]] president and ECOWAS chair Bola Tinubu, a darling of the [[U.S. State Department]], the [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF) and [[World Bank]] who,<ref>https://archive.is/PoLkK</ref> as a student in [[Chicago]] in the 1970s, spent many years [[money laundering]] for [[heroin]] dealers.<ref>https://westafricaweekly.substack.com/p/bola-ahmed-tinubu-from-drug-lord</ref> [[Victoria Nuland]], the [[Biden regime]] [[fascist]] [[neocon]] deputy secretary of State, travelled to Niger in early August 2023 to threaten the interim government with destabilization and [[color revolution]].<ref>[https://korybko.substack.com/p/victoria-nuland-revealed-some-interesting </ref> | | After the coup the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) threatened an invasion of Niger. The states of Niger, [[Mali]], and [[Burkina Faso]] declared any NATO, Western-backed, or ECOWAS attack against Niger is an attack against all. [[Algeria]] also opposes any NATO-backed aggression.<ref>https://libya360.wordpress.com/2023/08/06/algeria-and-the-sahel-on-the-brink-of-war/</ref> Leading the charge for an attack on Niger was [[Nigerian]] president and ECOWAS chair Bola Tinubu, a darling of the [[U.S. State Department]], the [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF) and [[World Bank]] who,<ref>https://archive.is/PoLkK</ref> as a student in [[Chicago]] in the 1970s, spent many years [[money laundering]] for [[heroin]] dealers.<ref>https://westafricaweekly.substack.com/p/bola-ahmed-tinubu-from-drug-lord</ref> [[Victoria Nuland]], the [[Biden regime]] [[fascist]] [[neocon]] deputy secretary of State, travelled to Niger in early August 2023 to threaten the interim government with destabilization and [[color revolution]].<ref>[https://korybko.substack.com/p/victoria-nuland-revealed-some-interesting </ref> |
| − | The US trained most of the leaders of the Niger coup and maintains a force of around 1,500 troops in the country. While Niger has asked France to remove its 1,100 soldiers, France has not complied. | + | The US trained most of the leaders of the Niger coup and maintains a force of around 1,500 troops in the country. While Niger gave France 30 days to remove its 1,100 soldiers,<ref>https://youtu.be/y64goA1fHIQ</ref> France did not comply. |