Niger coup leaders accuse France of wanting to 'intervene militarily' • FRANCE 24 English

[@Ds-vz2to]

All of those coups are coming from countries that are connected to France 🇫🇷. Those are the only countries in Africa that's not going nowhere, people hungry, angry and tired of France. When they were starving where are all of these international people talking now?

[@niburu1508]

Hope Macron does not say” let them eat cake” - the consequences would be ‘grave’

[@mafumanelephoto4730]

@@niburu1508 He can't...he needs uranium from Niger

[@gamzilo]

The next we want is Nigeria, they are exploiting our land, they are exploiting our continent through democracy and putting criminal leaders who abide to there rules

[@one1two2nine9]

They are landlocked countries tbh. Always the poorest

[@BishoMadredi]

@@one1two2nine9 You claim they are poor yet you steal from them,if someone is poor means there is nothing to steal,they get millions out of this countries so that means they ain’t poor😂

[@fada3399]

Did France wait for the African Union when it started bombing Libya, which was the recipe for what we are seeing now?

[@coin9007]

Ask them

[@Abdulhadi-hy8dy]

Simple, France and NATO should leave Africa alone

[@tyme5514]

What legitimacy does France have to even think about military intervention? Why are they punishing Russia for doing the same in Ukraine when they're considering the same in Africa? This will be the greatest mistake France will make. The region is still recovering from what they did in Libya and they want to start another one? ECOWAS has no legitimacy as well. The people are simply tired of your presence there. Let them handle their affairs by themselves.

[@shadowgaming8262]

Simple answer - uranium

[@TheGabbaKeks]

The foreign minister of Niger authorized France to use lethal force to free a democratically elected president. That's quite different from an invasion of a country for territorial gain. So yes, if France chooses to intervene, it would be legitimate.

[@Neloish]

Macron always picks the worst option.

[@johnmwai6183]

Can’t be put any better , let Africans take care of themselves without external intervention

[@jeremyj5932]

Lol it’s not uranium. Uranium is common around the world and many countries have it.

[@ejacob1994]

France has lost it just admit your franco colonial politics in your former colonies is crumbling down.

[@gedenironald8635]

They know it.

[@slim11shock]

In France, one out of every three light bulbs is lit thanks to Nigerien uranium. In Niger, nearly 90% of the population has no access to electricity. This situation cannot continue.

[@jerry85g7]

Russian bot....Read this exact comment 3 times already.

[@Anonymous-kd2yy]

​@@jerry85g7What happened to your democratic,liberal values ?If he post comment 3 that doesn't mean he is a bot .

[@Anonymous-kd2yy]

Pd sir 😂

[@jerry85g7]

@@Anonymous-kd2yy It's always a differnt name on a differant platform.

[@mkodyglobalsouthsoldier]

​@@jerry85g7bot I read bots calling others bots for a opinion Classical nato bs

[@abdulsesay5160]

France before is too late leave Africa alone African's youths will start taking action against France very soon.

[@whoknows4756]

*DIRTY FRENCH GOVERNMENT...TAKES URANIUM FROM NIGER AND THEN PROCESSES IT AND SELLS IT TO OTHER COUNTRIES FOR A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND THEN GIVES NIGER A FRACTION OF THE COST....THIS IS NOT SHOWN BY THIS CHANNEL....CNN AND BBC DONT SHOW THE TRUTH...THE MEDIA LIES TO YOU.....HUGE PARTS OF NIGER DONT EVEN HAVE ELECTRICITY....FRANCE IS SUCKING BLOOD FROM AFRICA.....COLONIZATION....EUROPEANS AT THEIR BEST*

[@vimalprince4467]

France needs to mind its own business.

[@fabs8498]

France pays for it. People will suffer.

[@arcticfox3347]

And mine its own uranium

[@henry6107]

I think president of Niger should release ,

[@Rabekkai]

L!ars, France or any foreign military shouldn't be in sovereignty of Afrikan countries, full stop.

[@nenasiek]

But its an agreement between 2 countries, dont african govs get to decide that?

[@white69cracker]

​@@nenasiekno Niger is sovereign country so white french dogs must leave Niger and it's resources

[@Genesis-zf2mg]

France24, you failed to mention that since 1960, majority of those coups were done by the West starting from Lumumba to Nkrumah. So, stop patronizing, stop the lies.

[@jptrainor]

Time to face post colonial reality France.

[@tazobis27]

No one is doing something for nothing . France is not there for nothing too😅

[@ianlite6108]

Exactly

[@TheHebrewidow]

They can't bully any longer 😂

[@adamkabir6685]

People really need to understand that ECOWAS does not represent African, it represents the France and the Western world.

[@syifams]

I was shocked by this news, especially about France in Niger, i was even shocked to know that the people speak French. The media really hid this very well

[@E_O_TV]

Time up for France leave African natural resources alone

[@RUTHLESSambition5]

The taps are being turned off 1 by 1. They will be kicked out of this place and no more uranium. Wagner boss said he can have 5,000 men in the capitol in hours. Nobody is scared of weak France

[@daniyalbbd5281]

No french owns the resources there and they will take it by hook or by crook

[@billeldz2920]

​@@daniyalbbd5281😂

[@conniekabasharira7084]

France can't let go of its food basket I see, have you not collected enough colonial taxes already, huh?

[@Deedee-gl6dd]

It's not France business, it's ECOWAS and AU business. Any foreign interventions outside Africa is a bridge of their sovereignty.

[@Boy_Cry_Wolf.]

France are blood suckers

[@buravan1512]

NATO control ECOWAS (politically) 😂

[@tundeayowunmi6983]

​@@buravan1512says who, you must be joking

[@TheAtozed]

​@@tundeayowunmi6983Who do you think finances the AU and ECOWAS?

[@henry6107]

Niger problem is no longer internal matter... Since they captivated president... If They they can then y not world

[@gagibakija4825]

Well done Africa ❤ power to the people ✊✊✊

[@angeogoussan3803]

Myanmar is a country and Africa is a continent. Don't compare them.

[@ouimania8729]

France just manipulating the information

[@BlackTarH]

no russia is

[@RUTHLESSambition5]

​@@BlackTarHWhy would those people like France or want anything to do with them?? Who helped Africa break free of you leaches?? RUSSIA!! Did they ask for anything in return?? No. Did they invade and steal. No

[@conniekabasharira7084]

@@BlackTarH Russia is not the one that's collecting colonial taxes from its colonies, is it?

[@rruuddooff]

Africa, let's protect our resources. When spiders unite, they can tie down a lion. Viva Africa❤

[@mohamedfarah5209]

Democracy my foot😂 democracy is the root to all evil😂

[@buravan1512]

Democracy is overrated bro... They use it as a weapon 😂

[@goriolaganiu403]

Democracy is a process of continuation of colonization using neocolonialism style Why West given or imposing on us ,Africa this unfavoured and strange system of Government?.The answer is just interest nothing more.

[@mariosambou6819]

Let Africa be that's all we asking for and if you try to stop us you will suffer the consequences.

[@staweks]

If you think that Russian influence will bring you peace and prosperity then oh boy, just wait and watch. Russia wants to see Africa boiling, burning and tens of millions of refugees running away from famine and war - all of them at the European borders. Unfortunately looks like there is not enough integrity in those countries, regions and people to prevent this vision from becoming reality.

[@2Harryclark]

Sarkozy petitioned US and NATO to remove Gaddafi. By doing so it caused a domino effect. The Jeannie out of the bottle

[@jeanmary9632]

France needs to chill; Africa has its own ways.

[@peabase]

Firstly, ECOWAS isn't OK with this. Secondly, coup d'etats can hardly be considered normal.

[@RUTHLESSambition5]

France depends on stealing resources from Africa and using them to store money in their banks. Without west Africa France goes into a recession

[@messsatsu4118]

uncivilized ways you mean?

[@firasajoury7813]

@@messsatsu4118 sure if your talking about French and nato elements

[@steveagola9317]

​@@messsatsu4118yeah they bombed themselves in Libya u mean, I always thought it was France , was it not? Very civilized

[@dilonkumar4960]

Egypt were was France when the democratic leader was toppled

[@goriolaganiu403]

The West called it Revolution bcs it's favours their interest particularly protecting the illegal occupier of Palestinians land for Isreal but if it is against their interest they call it coup..Father Putting has opened our eyes .Great Russia!!!!

[@ericsurveillance3963]

What did France do when democratic leaders are fleecing the country dry. What did France do to make sure democratically elected president in Africa does the right thing.

[@niburu1508]

Gave him a bribe to make sure their interests were safe?

[@veroniquendambo3242]

​​@NathanTomagoAnd who and what sparked it up? The answer is the same people for the sane reason. The architect of the orojectwon't give in unless they are fully satisfied.

[@jeffreyrudolph5061]

Don't believe in what you hear & only half of what you see . Applies here .

[@africatube6014]

France out

[@muslimresponse103]

America and Britain out too!

[@yb1090]

France 24 putting military intervention as the first measure, despite the fact that it is actually the last, in the ECOWAS statement.

[@muslimresponse103]

french warmongers, all they know is war, like the Americans.

[@phil20_20]

That completely not what the report said.

[@niburu1508]

Macron did say they will not tolerate violence! They will do it though. Even to their own citizens

[@holymoly40]

End French colonialism!

[@RUTHLESSambition5]

Wagner boss said he can gave have 5,000 men in the capitol in hours. Feance cant even put down rebels in yhe desert😂😂

[@nenasiek]

Neither can wagner, look it up for youself. They are good at massacers tho

[@muhammad-bin-american]

I don't like France's involvement in Africa but to compare them to Wagner is foolish. Wagner is a basically a terrorist organization that is run by mad men with no regards for people's rights. Not the case with France.

[@VodkaPandas]

@@nenasiek Wagner doing good.

[@TheGabbaKeks]

​@@VodkaPandasThey lost their significance after their force got melted in Bakhmut.

[@VodkaPandas]

@@TheGabbaKeks Proof?

[@bibichefukutuleki7086]

Death or homeland, we will overcome" a strong message. Vive pana African spirit

[@healinghumanity1782]

The well-being of the African continent-its peace, security & prosperity-cannot be attained until its peoples & nations are completely & permanently united.

[@ImYourAverageJoe]

No need for one Africa. Just put it to rest. We were never o e nation. Never will be. Until leaders and people can governor and live in the smaller nations in harmony. Good chat.

[@36G]

​@@ImYourAverageJoe we will and there's nothing you can do about it. The only way we can make sure not to be played against each other for the benefit of others is to be one. Just because something was doesn't mean it will be.

[@healinghumanity1782]

@@36G Very well said. United we are strong, divided we are easily conquered.

[@healinghumanity1782]

@@ImYourAverageJoe We need a new mind, not the old one of division & strife.

[@ImYourAverageJoe]

@@healinghumanity1782 and not the old military leadership. That’s never worked.

[@USMLEBOOSTER]

Whatever the common people say will work 😂

[@2Harryclark]

Cameroon and Gabon are next.

[@Escrieg89]

France,, my poor baby😢😢 Losing all of its big toys all one by one😢😢. How horrific😢😢how sad.

[@RUTHLESSambition5]

And they had to raise the retirement age. It's getting harder to steal from west

[@Robespierre-lI]

Grow up

[@Xio-ly6hx]

France is a leeeeecccchhheee

[@geeparry2259]

Just leave the country alone ,enough of exploitation

[@christopherharris3824]

2014 ukraine was a coups

[@niburu1508]

Yes US/ NATO -

[@jptrainor]

The last section of this segment, about the number of coups, ignores the very important reality of who is training the military leaders that are behind most of the recent coups. (Hint: your father's brother named Sam).

[@yougonnaeatthat9889]

But I'm not sure he is behind this one

[@muslimresponse103]

America and the western europeans are training and funding all these militaries to try snd control these countries and their people. all countries must refuse western bribe money they call “aid”.

[@jptrainor]

@@yougonnaeatthat9889 I agree that the US don't appear to be involved in Niger, considering that Niger was an ally. They have been involved in many others, however, and that's what the report conveniently ignores when presenting the information at the end. What we're seeing now is a backlash against that pattern of west colonial influence IMO.

[@niburu1508]

Uncle Sam? The warmonger? Is he going to rescue everyone? Ooooo that’s scary

[@huskydogable]

Proof?

[@aboubhakarihamidou2993]

If I understand well, people in Niamey opinion don't matter

[@ImYourAverageJoe]

When did ecowas become France. 🤣

[@buravan1512]

ECOWAS is controlled by NATO... so sad.

[@tatendawilson3057]

Salute you sir, you speak naked truth

[@messaytigistu435]

😂

[@zdravkojasovic9397]

Russia, China,..BRIKS must help Nigeria.

[@francoislechanceux5818]

Igor, we are talking of Niger not Nigeria.

[@stevelobs6601]

Why a war about uranium? Not worth it, buy it in Australia. And cut off any actions.

[@marym-w2e]

Yes buy in another anglo colony....liberation is around the corner

[@veroniquendambo3242]

​​@@marym-w2eAnd what if you have been accustomed to getting the damn glittering stones from free?

[@marym-w2e]

@veroniquendambo3242 well thats your problem market is closed

[@tomhenry897]

$$

[@abdulaifuseni4167]

Why west always detect we Africans?

[@MrARhodes]

As Sizzla sang in "Good Ways" - "Dance Ah Yard... Before Yu Dance Abroad...". In other words... tend to your dirty sink first, before you go looking the dishwasher position. 🤔

[@bmjnation6351]

Big tunes, Babylon is going down.

[@MrNguyenHoaiDuc]

Stand up for your independence, Niger. France out !!! from Vietnam

[@ChampionBarry]

Echo should be dissolve

[@VietnamTravelGuide.]

Oh really

[@bonito34]

And now? No uran for the old nuclear power stations? But laughing about germany. What now?

[@manayesh]

Lies. France has just been denied airspace by Algeria to fly to Niger.

[@Mongezi44]

Wagner is a PRIVATE military company, ofcourse they are going to get paid. If the people of Niger invite Wagner to assist them to resist the coming attack from the colonialist then what?

[@freedomforthebrave]

The people of Africa have woken up

[@jerryfarley4606]

If France send troops to Niger, I think all of Africa for that matter should rally behind Niger and defend their sovereignty. Together we are stronger. It time to teach France a lesson. We can enjoy only the amount of freedom we are willing to die for, as the great Mandiba once said. It's now or never.

[@aboucard93]

No one is talking about the French big business in Niger! Philp does realize we have the internet. We can look up what's actually going on.

[@deanndux]

Yes and we Africans welcome this initiative... we dont want your puppets

[@davisokumu6647]

The type of paraphrasing in use here is heartening 1:38 dissuasive force

[@flesz_]

I'm sure France will not use force They are very honest and peaceful nation

[@niburu1508]

Can be a bit FIERY - often.

[@niburu1508]

😂😂😂🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@healerhacker9884]

A big lie

[@blackmagic6]

The coups are a legacy of colonialism which started with the 1884 Berlin conference. I hope you Europeans are proud of yourselves.

[@veroniquendambo3242]

Most of them hardju knows what happens in Berlin during that year because they played truand in secondary school. The conference you sre tslking about was part ofhistory programme in Form III. 😂😂😂😂

[@roc7880]

Well the thief cannot complain about the reaction. Any foreign intervention that reatores the legitimate government is ergo legitimate.

[@deanndux]

This is a purge of Western puppets...

[@deaconfrost6]

Facts

[@thegreatdane3627]

let Africa deal with this bs themselves. I don't see a reason to worry about the russians, the Africans will soon realize that russia has nothing to offer...

[@conniekabasharira7084]

What has the west and particularly France offered to Africa before? Do you know how much colonial tax France collects from its colonies, 500bn US dollars per year?

[@FarsightAE]

@@conniekabasharira7084 Wrong. Thats misinformation. France doesnt get 500 billion per year, there is no colonial tax, in fact france PAYS interest to african banks.

[@libanali1626]

Even they didnt let to have their own currency in order to keep them poor.

[@conniekabasharira7084]

@@FarsightAE France has held national reserves of fourteen African countries since 1961: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Guinea Equatorial Republic and Gabon. In short, more than 80% of the foreign exchange reserves of these African countries are deposited in the “accounts of operations” controlled by the French Treasury. The two CFA banks are African by name, but do not have their own monetary policy. The countries themselves do not know, are not informed, up to how much the foreign exchange reserve held by the French Treasury belongs to them as a group or individually. It is estimated that France manages nearly 500 billion African silver in its cash, and does nothing to shed some light on this dark side of the old empire. The purpose remains: African countries do not have access to this money. France allows them access to only 15% of their money a year. If they need more, African countries must borrow, at commercial rates, the 65% of their money held in the French Treasury. To make things more tragic, France imposes a ceiling on the amount of money that countries can borrow from the reserve. The ceiling is set at 20% of their public revenue from the previous year. If countries need to borrow more than 20% of their own money, France has a veto. This is common knowledge, you're only a hypocrite

[@bmjnation6351]

@@FarsightAEFrance imperial mindset cant pay one cent to it former colonies banks, you living in a bubble,go do some research and come back. The free lunch for France in Africa is over. 🤡

[@Intelligent-q8u]

Britain left long time ago I mean why does France want to stay in West Africa.

[@irishrebel374]

Ch8nese super railway to west coast of africa is now in effect lololol

[@aflodesigns]

another Afghanistan disaster hahaha usa has 1000 troops stuck in there

[@freedomforthebrave]

We muslims support Africa

[@tomhenry897]

Muslims currently murder rape and enslave Africans

[@kaushikroy5275]

Bloody robbers and murderers

[@sirburst1728]

😅 Macron can't take a break. Russia would have helped; they have some sway in the region, but guess who won't raise a finger?

[@mounkailaisssaka5621]

Uranium's pay

[@mandarinandthetenrings2201]

No "Uranium" is not a scarce resource. France has bought "Uranium" from Russia and French Canada so it not really a big deal. It has been a little over blown.

[@afarking2151]

@@mandarinandthetenrings2201dude France electric is gone thanks to Niger army

[@freedomforthebrave]

So westerners how is your new world oder going 😂

[@GabrielSorinBeldie]

"There is Oil, there is URANIUM! Not much to entice Evgheni Prigogine to "help" the pucists." Is this "analyst" for real? Why most "analysts" sound more like rusbots and less like citizens of the West?

[@rockmusic175]

Think WAGNER need to come to supplement security of the new progressive Administration

[@white69cracker]

Better than getting colonized by France

[@manjuralamtipu7263]

In today's modern world, a country can be occupied with an army of 700 members, this is an example. The head of the presidential guard will lose his job, so holding the whole country hostage is not a sign of a good man.

[@Ds-vz2to]

People of that country used to suffering, now they're ready for all types of sanctions. It's not like is going to make any changes.

[@36G]

​@NathanTomagoAre you really mixing up Niger with Nigeria and trying to make a point?? You must know how moronic you look right now. If you don't know anything about what you're talking about DONT TALK.

[@veroniquendambo3242]

Let europeans mind their own business because they do have a lot on their plate, i.e., the eastern front, economic downturn as most menbers being in recession, etc...

[@zakarimohamed]

😂😂😂

[@patrickkolawole4104]

France must in joint cooperations with ECOWAS leaders, rescue democracy in Niger Republic.

[@coin9007]

France is not African country

[@tomhenry897]

You going to enlist