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Nigeria's Senate refuses to support ECOWAS plan for West-backed military intervention (peoplesdispatch.org)

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[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

a government that the people do not want

Is remains to be proven that Niger's population actually wanted to remove their elected leader by force. This coup was carried out by the military group that was in charge of the president's security, not Niger's citizen.

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Fair, I am not saying this is exactly that case but wanted to point out coups are not always something bad for the people.