Why the Niger Coup is Worse Than You Think
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- čas přidán 17. 08. 2023
- Several coup de ta’s around the African continent threaten to spiral out of control into a much wider conflict. France and the US seem to be getting sidelined in favor of Russia. French military forces have been located in the region for the past ten years. European countries, the EU and the United Nations have intersts here. Niger’s elite presidential guard, trained in part by the United States, had the sole purpose of protecting the Presidency and yet on July 26th 2023 they overthrew the democratically elected government. Guy come on, you had one job! But all hope isn’t lost because In response, a bloc of West African nations told the coup leaders that they have to reinstate the ousted president or face military intervention.
Written by: Chris Cappy & Patrick Griffin
Edited by: Savvy Studios
Early Wednesday morning July 26th, 2023, at 4:33 AM, the Niger Presidential Office began making unusual posts on the social media platform formally known as Twitter. This tweet read: “The President of the Republic and his family are doing well. The Army and the National Guard are ready to attack the elements of the GP involved in this mood swing if they do not return to better feelings.” that sounds pretty sus to me whats going on over there?
Behind the screens, a group of high-ranking military officers arrested the President at his palace, essentially holding him hostage. The Junta called themselves “The National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland” For all the average infantrymen out there, Junta means a military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force. Then a spokesperson for the junta got on TV wearing the most strikingly blue blazer and said quote; “The defence and security forces … have decided to put an end to the regime you are familiar with.” Instantly nations around the world condemned these actions as “illegal,” Later that morning, as Niger’s citizens in the capital of Neeamay woke up to the news and responded with pro-democracy protests outside the Presidential Palace.
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By the very end of the video I feel like I fully explained by thoughts on this complex issue. Yes, I was that one guy in your platoon that always tried to over throw the government but no one was ever down back in 08'. I was born too early. instagram.com/cappyarmy
Fantastic video
Fuckin savage 😘
Now all those guys are kicking themselves for wasting their prime fighting years for the Government.
“Taxation is Theft and Jet Fuel doesn’t melt steel beams!”
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“Shut up Carl!”
❤❤
"I don't think I could pull off a coup."
Not with that attitude, you won't.
😂😂😂
@@cedriceric9730 Yep. Gotta Confident.
Remember, Adolf had to try once before he was successful.
Aka undercover fed saboteurs/instigators. @esphaeraspraestans4212
Brilliant 🤣🤣
we never had democracy in Niger. its france that choosed the previous presidents
first sentence is right. 2nd is actually false: see kountché
Or Baré? Remember the semi-coup of Tandja, against the will of France? Hama is VERY versatile ans was supporting the role of France for a while and never reach power, mostly because he had less supports from different internal powers : What really mattered was the balance between lobbies of merchants (from Koni ou Diffa, if you see what I mean). Actually, from hat I have seen, France did arrange with whoever is in charge as far as Arlit sites are not touched. Worse than ruling everything, France did not care. The problem is also the perception of the importance of democracy (this is not elections that matter but the acceptance of counterpowers' balance) and its efficiency regarding development (democracy does not bring development alone. it is only a favoring condition, that is all)
"I don't think I could pull off a coup." As of today Chris has yet to successfully pull off a coup, this leads to the belief that it is not the training at Ft. Benning that allows someone to pull a successful coup, but something else entirely. Thank you for coming to my ted talk.
I’m going to pull off a coup one of these days you’ll see !
France has had it's heel in the throats of many African countries, and has stripped benefited financially very well from it. Leave the African countries alone and let them do for themselves.
Like in Sudan?
As a Nigerian, cutting off another country's electricity supply is the height of irony 😂
😂😂
@@chatsworthosbornejr WOW. You are one of us now!
Do you mean you are from Nigeria or that you are from Niger? Just wondering because when people say "Nigerian" it sounds like it could be from either place.
@@undeadpresident I am from Nigeria!
Kogi State precisely.
@undeadpresident it’s “Nigerien” for people from Niger, and “Nigerian” for people from Nigeria
If the majority of people are not happy with their government. They should have the right to throw them out
That’s literally why the US has the right to bare arms, to overthrow a government if needed.
Exactly
Yes, it's called an election
Yes, but not to regimes we back!
@@perrydeng7404nah US in the past has already helped people over throwing democratically elected president 10 times. Dictators are bad unless they fit US interest
Always impressed by the depth and balance of these videos. The focus on explaining each perspective is outstanding in a space where everyone seems to be trying to pick sides or make other's pick sides. Like you said, Cappy, its not always perfect, but the attempt puts you head and shoulders above mainstream news.
Seriously though. It's really hard to find people that don''t just spout party rhetoric or flat out conspiracy theories lol. Party simps are fucking exhausting in general, but the fact that the internet has them all getting nothing but confirmation bias on a daily basis has made it so much worse than it used to be. It's nice to have a channel that seems to look at facts, not pick sides, and just put everything out there to give us the full picture of all involved.
@@chloewebb5526I know what you mean, and it’s not surprising to me that such a level-headed, informative, insightful channel comes from one of our veterans. By some stroke of luck, I’ve had loved ones in every branch of the military, and there are no finer people out there than American servicemen and servicewomen. God bless them for their service and their sacrifice.
This video is bias af
This is extraordinary information from a neglected region for decades. Appreciate your reserach, dedication and empathy towards these nations.
Democracy in Africa is defined as: "the ability to choose your next dictator". As an African, I can say this with full conviction.
Maybe we need to return to tribal beliefs that we raise our leaders from the cradle to old age .
See you say that it’s just failed democracy or a dictator ship or whatever but at the same time these are countries that at China are heavily involved in and why would China push its occupied countries people to overthrow the western style government no reason honestly I think it’s insane. Anyone would think that or look at it.
Skill issue
Do you even select? "They" impose. You've never been the hand behind your leaders since democrazy was introduced by the west and they the west are the engineers of rigging and introduction of terror world over
One man. One vote. One time.
I am Nigerian, and I follow your videos a lot. Aside the obvious insurgency that plauges west africa, I use to think the war in Europe won't come to African soil, but as it is, proxy wars are looming here as well. Our military obviously outmatch most in africa, but my concern is the people that have been plague by poverty, insecurity, and now war. I feel there could be other ways to end this without causing much suffering 💔.
Though your video is highly objective, the sources of your information are from official sources. West african countries control the offical news that goes out of the country, which usually could affect its authenticity and introduce bias. The best way for the average infantry man to understand what's truly going on is to ask the locals. A proper survey of what's going on in any country about how the people feel should be taken from the population.
Your military obviously doesn't outmatch most of west African country anymore, I am francophone and let me tell you that his reporting is biased and is the one of Western media. He said Burkina Faso has 7000 active duties , no that's not true, they have more than 70 0000 now,
Mali has more new generation weapon than Nigeria. Ask your drug dealer to avoid being a Puppet otherwise there might be a civil war in Nigeria itself, a war in Niger will destabilize Nigeria because the same people in the North of Nigeria speak the same language with people from Niger, they are the same family, they have divided by Colonization . Ecowas won't win this war, all ECOWAS countries will be destabilized. A lot of ECOWAS President don't want this war except only 3 Puppets, Senegal, Ivory coast, Benin and Tinubu who is hesitating
How do you see war in Ukraine and war in Africa is connected?
War in Ukraine is connected to this particular war because of the Nod-stream Gas pipeline, that was blown up, Nigeria has gas huge amount of gas reserves it is trying to sell to Europe and it has to pass that through Niger, Russians know this and have decided to block it by strategically setting up coups along the Sahel region to block any Gas line passage.
@@bogrunberger it's connected , because of geopolitics
@@bogrunberger because russia blocks grain shipments, and destroys infrastructure with said grain. And food shortages is one of the reasons of this coup. Russia works this way.
Many nations are breaking the shackles of Western colonialism/imperialism, that's why we are seeing a military coups and international alliances like BRICKS.
Every Nation at some point will have to take extreme measures for true Independence, whether that's a war of independence, a revolution, or some kind of military coup the action must take place.
When America fought it's war of independence versus the British it didn't sit around and say "let's just have democracy solve it." America took extreme action to fight off their foreign rulers.
Great video as per usual thank you!!
Vietnam Vet here. If there is anything I learned from that excursion - it’s never try to clean up a mess the French have made.
... the U.S have started the light by attacking the colonial powers after WW2.
But was the Vietnam war about cleaning after France or containing the communist block ?
@@qrsx66 Vietnam, for a short time, became an independent state under Ho Chi Minh just after WWII until the French came back cause they wanted Indochina again after they lost it to the Japanese.
So yes, it was cleaning up after the mess that the French made.
lol extremely wise words to live by when looking at history to understand the future.
Fellow veteran here. If there is anything I learned -- whether in LIFE, my time in the Army, or from listening to the wisdom of eminent foreign policy experts -- it's that WE should not clean up anyone's mess if the situation does not pose an imminent threat to our national security. The empirical evidence shows that we (the USA) exacerbated situations in more than a dozen countries with our needless interventions and war-mongering; all while causing the deaths of tens of thousands of American soldiers and destabilizing countries and whole regions (see: Vietnam, Cambodia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Libya, Syria, Somalia, etc).
Also, one does not need to be a die hard contrarian and ultimate critic of U.S foreign policy (like Noam Chomsky) or an expert on war (see: Von Clausewitz) to know that common sense and prioritizing domestic issues should be paramount. We also need to deeply examine our arrogance and the myth of "American Exceptionalism." Eminent foreign policy experts like Stephen Walt, John Mearsheimer, and many others have correctly pointed out our major flaws and PREDICTED our failures decades before we acted on our own arrogance with unnecessary interventions. Now, may I start off by recommending an article by professor/political scientist from Harvard, Stephen Walt in Foreign Policy magazine, titled: "The Myth of American Exceptionalism" as a starting point so we can begin to see the truth?
I have never seen someone tiptoe and play devil's advocate so well in my life.
The way you were able to put the audience in their shoes from their perspective with increased costs and a history of colonialism was masterful.
I don't know how this doesn't have more upvotes. Among American creators, on this American platform, with (probably) mostly American viewers he does a much better job than most at showing not only how America and its allies have helped, but also how we've harmed.
Not American here, but glad that you have people to open your perspective. The blind "patriotism" only leads to support politics that causes great suffering all around the world. Maybe if you knew more about geopolitics you'd support different point of view. One that promote other politics, and positive relationships
Well he’s just being impartial and considering both perspectives
As a U.S. citizen, I truly wish my country would stay out of all foreign affairs and end every last dime of foreign aid. We have no business "nation building" and "spreading democracy" .
@@thh1899If we don’t then Russia/China will that’s the unfortunate truth
Great video :)
Thanks for mentioning Europe shouldering the migration burdern.
Its literally changed the dynamic in the EU forever.
You just made Siri ask my Apple speaker “how to overthrow the government” lol if I’m raided then it was not me 😂
I'm seriously loving these longer form, more serious and analytical videos. This, the Mexican cartel video, the Lockheed video stand out as really excellent. Keep up the great work!
Yep - They're genuinely excellent.
Some folk grumble 'Chris Cappy missed xyz obscure fact' ......... but they're often just grandstanders.
I reckon he's delivering first rate summaries of complex issues in brilliantly accessible compact format.
The hypnotized never lie. Is that right?
@@FirstLast-zk5ow Nope - It depends
Now we need a video on why Chad is literally a giant Chad face
@@Farweasel Depends on what? How much time that they're spent in the land of make believe. Watching movies and television. They don't matter. They will repeat whatever the TV says. Their positions are obvious. What is yours?
African affairs are not for the US or Europe to meddle in or 'solve'. Their resources are their resources.
Unfortunately, the world has rarely ever in any historic reference worked that way
It becomes their problem when all the people from those countries clamour to get into Europe or USA due to instability back home. Especially when those African countries have so much potential to be great. That said I am from Africa myself.
Yeah we can clean up all the shit afterwards and bare the fucking consequenses during...
Wakanda Forever
Totally agree, African resources to benefit Africa period, everyone else to leave us alone smh
Chris, u r videos are always plain simple and clear, and Highliting the True to conflict of why it happenign and doesnt side with anyone
love these videos, the perfect balance of information and fun skits
Misinformation campaigns are especially effective when used on the poorly educated who have social media access
Yeah like all those tiktok videos worshipping Traore.
If it was the case that makes 99% of Americans poorly educated. 😂
better worshipping Traore, if France never looted Niger Nigerian would never have problem with them,@@MiguelDLewis
@@MiguelDLewisTraore is a very intelligent and charismatic leader of Burkina Faso.
Just a normal day as american
this video is way more professional and informative than most mainstream media
CIA getting their monies worth
Listen to the African CZcamsrs.
But there are lies camouflaged in crazy tales thou!
@@florencekimotho887bro CZcams is a great news source
Great work putting this well delivered report. Honest and factual deliberations.
Chris, this edition of your video is reasonably balanced and objective. You demonstrate a fairly good understanding that many non-Africans lack, plus, you didn't push the position of any side.
He did push an agenda. he painted the coup as bad, the former president and government as good, and that there must be something done about this. By posing the situation in this way we have a very biased, pro status quo, narrative.
France, France, France , should leave Africa alone or they will regret it sooner or later, these nations are way frustrated of France support to dictators presidents chosen and established to rule these countries by France in exchange of raw material or ressources. The UK has realized that long time ago and they left Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana alone long time
actually, the power of france over these countries is really highly exaggerated! and really !
Glad you raised the role of France. France still had a lot of power over their former colonies.
Can’t even talk about this without mentioning France 🤷🏼♂️
One develops a sneaking suspicion, wherever former colonialists are still somehow allowed bases with troops, that in the back of their mind always lurks the thought , "We could always drop a smart bomb on X."
these colonies never got independence
France has every right to own colonies or shadow colonies but if they don't treat the ppl fairly then the ppl have every right to fight for independence... every few years nations take bids on deals with African nations but rus has been the only one offering the most sensible terms compared to the west or Asia...
Let’s tell the truth to the world.
France is the whole root cause of this.
Let me easily break this down:
I am a US citizen and service member(military) just like you but born and raised in Africa, came to the US as an immigrant because of these same issues. So I have a clear understanding of this because I lived this in a daily basis once growing up in Africa and I won’t hesitate to oust any African President working for French interests.
To begin, France has never left Africa even after granting fake independence its African colonies in 1960’s.
Why am I saying this?
Africa has 54 countries and out of these 54 countries, 29 are French-speaking countries in Africa. 21 of those countries are known as Francophone countries. Francophone countries are countries which use French as their official language or use it as one of their other official languages since France colonized them and imposed French to them during colonization.
All these French African speaking countries have never known peace or enjoy their own natural ressources that God gave to them, France consider the ressources of these countries as its ressources and they never stopped stealing from day one they settle in Africa before and after colonization, unlike England, france still steal and decide for these countries.
France is the one that decides who can be a president or not in these countries despite the will of people of these countries.
In france and America, a president term is 5 or 4 years and renewed one time, meaning you cannot rule in france or the US for more than 10 years combined, no matter how good of a president of government you are, you must go after completing your terms. But in Africa, france has set a hidden system called France-Afrique, please (Google this), in this system, france impose president and rulers to these countries, and these imposed presidents can remain or stay on power for decades as soon as they give all their ressources to France, this is the case for my country of origin Congo Brazzaville where France has imposed Denis Sassou Nguesso on power for more than 40 years. This guy has been there with the support of France killing Congolese, giving all the country’s ressources to France to get France support and remain forever on power. The funny part is that this president never won any election but he has been on power for more than 40 years, france do not say nothing about it since he is giving them all their ressources despite the people’s opposition and poverty.
This is the same situation in all African speaking countries, france support and establish corrupted government and return, these governments give France everything, leaving the citizens of the country in deep poverty.
Why is France doing this?
Why can France support and help a corrupted president to kill people in Africa for their interests ?
Why is France deciding for who can be or not be a president on these African countries?
It is sad this behavior and this will only create hate in African citizens heart towards France because they see France as the number one responsible of their misery.
Their decisions or feelings don’t matter, what matters is what France decides and no African wants to keep dealing with this game back and forth.
My country the US, should stop supporting France on this greedy behavior.
I swear he's saying burgerkinga faso! 😂
Cracking video, Chris, stuffed with information, reality, rational thinking and open minded reflection. One of. your very best yet. Great stuff. Well done.
Praetorian Guard has always been power brokers in impoverished nations.
What do you mean?
In Roman times Prartorian guards conducted coups as well.
@@theresaadams7143You aren't wrong.
@@theresaadams7143 yep, the praetorion guard even sold the title of emperor at one point.
The US trained one of the guys that overthrew the government? Where have I heard that before? Weird how that keeps happening
And it mostly screws over Europe in favor of USA.
"How many times do we have to keep teaching you this lesson, old man?"
Man you are really doing your homework. Great vid and information
God..all your shows re great! So much great info!
I am amazed how everyone became French speaking when pronouncing the name of this country.....
I'm shocked no clueless celebrity got canceled for pronouncing the name wrong yet.
I always used to pronounce it "Nye-jur." It wasn't until I watched a Sean Penn movie that I realized it was "Nee-jeer."
I've always pronounced the G like J in jerk. I assumed it would be the same pronunciation as Nigeria.
@@dekardkain5469 Exactly.
it be pretty racist if we pronounce it normally 😆
not me
I was in The Gambia early 2017 when one morning ecowas troops were suddenly everywhere, not just on the border, they were in the major population centers and logistical nodes of Gambia. I talked to a couple of them and they gave a much better impression than the Gambian troops that patrolled until the day before.
well that's because Gambia is the size of a large city, isn't it?
@@sandejzack No it's not the African continent is one of the biggest if not the biggest because most maps are based off old European colonizer maps and they always deemed Africa to be smaller than Europe, so I wouldn't trust most maps until they do a sat scan of the continent
@@maartent9697it is so. Many friends went on holiday in Africa and thought the flight would be shorter, with planes sometimes crashing from the sky as pilots planned for dhorter routes. Ships get regularly strandled as the map shows africa as being small. Google Earth purposedely alter the satellite images to make it look smaller. Gps signal is fugged too. You know when you enter Aftica but you never know whennyou will leave.😂😂 also planet is flat and the moon made of cheese.
@maartent9697 Gambia is one of the smallest countries on the continent with 11,300 km² which is 1/4th the size of Belgium in landmass. Gambia's population is 2.64 million which is less than some of the larger cities on any continent. So @sandejzack is being coherent and you are not. Paris' Metropolitan area is bigger than Gambia by over 7000 km². Maybe you could look it up, before acting like the coup leaders in your rhetoric; being ridiculous and uninformed while acting arrogant in your ignorance.
@maartent9697 all maps have some distortion. Taking a globe and making it a flat map is impossible without size, distance, direction, or scale being distorted. It's why Greenland seems so big on the Mercator projection. The higher latitudes on this type of projection, the larger the distortions get.
This is one of the best videos I have ever seen of yours. It was so informative and I loved how you touched on opposing views. Thank you so much and great job to you and your writers!!!
Great Stuff Chris!
As someone who grew up in the 80s and 90s, this just feels like a return to normalcy. At least once a week you'd see "Country X in Africa/South/Central America has coup!" And you'd usually respond with, "Where?" And go back to watching the Simpsons.
This is the perfect representation of western vs non-western countries. People in the west spending time in casinos having good time etc. Meanwhile people in africa middle east or south america trying to survive because the u.s propped their dictators up.
or another news about machete massacres everyday , most of politicians there are a military or kind a warriors and brutal force take over elections , greedy rulers and blind not educated masses behind, they looks silly on this coup photos haha
Yeah I see your point but the main thing is we don't live in the 80s and 90s anymore we live in the bioterror and nuclear age where al-qaida and other groups are looking for mass destruction and sabotage wondering where all these fires are coming from
And just like the 80s and 90s the greedy USA is behind it...
earlier coups were implemented for American interests, nowadays its against that
"Coups are only good when we do them" got it.
Cough, 🇺🇦
Great summary and analysis Chris!
Thanks so much for emphasizing how important it is for people to understand a country's history in regards to why they coup or who they align with. A lot for times we will look through our American oil covered glasses rather than see things for what they are.
Chris finally learned to pronounce "nuclear" correctly! I knew you had it in you 💪
Hey cappy, I love your videos and your down to earth humor. At 5:41- 5:46 you mentioned that after the coup the Nigeriens erupted in pro-democracy riots which is not what happened . Those were actually pro-junta celebrations. The junta had to resort to firing in the air to disperse the elated crowds. There is widespread resentment in Africa towards the West and we view many of our leaders as mere stooges of Europe and the USA
what about stooges of Russia or China. How many of those do you think there are? The pro-junta crowds were waving Russian flags, and Prigozhin told his troops "it is time to prepare for something big" so who do you think caused the coup?
Have fun with Russia I guess?
Then who else are you going to get support from? You've already proven you can't do it yourselves.
@@roofcake8951wow!… you truly believe that??… if the west and its agents leave africa then we will make it… but how will the west be able to survive if they start paying for precious natural resources??… you take gold and give us paper… think about that
The idea of USA or Europe being agents of peace is so far off tangent. Libya right now is divided thanks to nato. Afghanistan, oops the peacemakers left abruptly. Meanwhile Trump is being hounded for being anti establishment and you call that democracy?
You are hilarious but yet informative. Love watching your videos. Learn a little something with humor and fact. Keep up the good work, I'll keep on watching!
YOU PALES ARE SO SCARED AN I LOVE IT .....BYE BYE DOG SMELLING MUTA
Thank you!
Man, I loved the multiple side. The human experience can be evil, but your and your teams' work shed light. Thank you
When will America learn that training a bunch of guys to be the bestest soldiers possible wont magically make the circumstances that cause corruption and unrest disappear?
We tried it in the middle east, we tried it in Vietnam, and we tried it here. If we wanna be the world police and actually help people, we'd need to build up the infrastructure and make it so the average person has a decent chance of improving their lot in life, as well as giving them representation.
Well you're not wrong, but if Cappy's and Real Life Lore's vids have shown us anything it's that you can't just focus infrastructure and economic growth and hope for the best, unless you establish security first. Otherwise someone else is just going to swoop in and either take it from you or destroy it.
if the u .s wont get involved who will sell weapons? lol
How are you going to do all that if there is no security or stability?
I think that would be a good video, America trained extremist etc..
To be fair, we did try to build up the infrastructure in Afghanistan and Iraq, and we all know how well that went...
Love the analysis well said. Well understood
Great presentation thank you
Cappy, I like that you ended the episode referencing the citizen soldier. Democratic processes fail if the citizen soldier does not stand up for them; it is that simple. Also, the statement "I have another Coup in an Hour" is a high comedy.
Democracy isn’t an African tradition though and that’s a whole different dusty African road to walk. 😂 however…. That’s a BIGGER part of the problem
And that joke was GOLD 😅😆
@tamaraajoku6159 but there are African cultures with democratic traditions, such as the Oromo and the Igbo.
Thank god we’re a republic and not a democracy. Could you imagine the insanity that would occur if we gave the people 100% say so?
Fun fact, Socrates, and Aristotle were both huge critics of democracy, one notable quote, expressing how they all end up in tyranny.
@@My-cat-is-staring-at-youwhat on Earth is that translation doing LOL.
@@Mygg_Jeager ?
It's simple.
No more puppets.
Pay don't steal.
Exactly
Most non puppets steal too. When that money starts flowing it almost always gets robbed from the people.
"What can the US, France, and other western countries do to prevent this coup from staying in power". The better question is "why should they care?"
So ... US and Europe supported coups in Africa since colonisation "stopped", but now with this coup favoring RU "who cares about Africa"?
Dude the world has a global trade network a war in Africa will have ripple effect no just on the west but on the rest of the world. Africa provides a lot of the world rare metals.
Chris Thanks for all your awesome .If you have an opportunity to travel today to that Region and have a one on one discussion you rewrite another analysis thank you Chris.
The US/UK/EU need to Stay Out of African Affairs!
I've been subscribed since 400k subs and it's crazy how much effort you still put into each video since then. Such an amazing CZcamsr.
You are good at this 👏🏿👏🏿
Incredible video!
Another good 'un. Thanks for the time and effort you put into making videos like this. It's CZcamsrs like you who are picking up the slack left by our uninformed media outlets.
Leave Africa alone
@@fanuelnatnael8241 Russia has no intention of doing that.
Riiggghhhhtt…
*BOT8918*
Feels like you're hitting a new level where you're less partisan/patriotic and more objective in your presentation. That's very good. Keep going in that direction. Much love from Aotearoa
good video, just a lot of info to follow.!
“Shoulder the migrant crisis” THAT THEY CREATED?????
Glad you mentioned the Central African Franc. Something not discussed very often.
The 50% they have to put in to the French central bank is invested by France and the depositor countries have to accept whatever payout France gives them. There is no accountability.
France (companies) has the first right of refusal for any economic opportunity.
That certain french company who controls the uranium trade has dumped the waste and it is contaminating the ground water, land, people.
@@geetee2694 LOL, that sounds wildly unfair. From what I know France essentially got to extract some wealth from CFA nations but that sounds more like a financial vacuum sucking wealth out of those African nations and dumping it into France. If that's the case then no wonder the people have a bone to pick with the French.
@@geetee2694 It's only 50% of exchange reserves, basically the money used to balance payments for foreign trade. France doesn't really gain anything from this and it's probably good for the member countries right now, considering the political instability.
France does not have the first right of refusal for any economic opportunity.
French Anti-Nuclear organization CRIIRAD has claimed that Orano could be endangering the air and water in the Uranium mining town. CRIIRAD measured the radioactivity of some mill tailings which could disperse via the wind. Orano monitors the radioactivity and claims they are within safe limits. They claim they will cover the mill tailings with some dirt. There is no evidence of dangerous radioactivity in the town as of now.
@@geetee2694France uses Niger as its mining quarry and don't see any people there.
@@geetee2694 it is 85%
Thank you Cap for this, appreciate the work to present the whole story as one piece
The whole story ? No electricity!
All their money goes to France !
@@rykson161 chill bro, as in piecing the different news coming out over the days into one coherent piece.
@rykson161 also inaccurate info, my dude. I'm ready to agree with you on certain points that you are summarizing in this generalization, but your statement is just that; an exaggerated generalization.
@@tobago3679 WRONG / READ SOME MORE
@@rykson161 too much information in your comment for me to handle, I yield.
Best presantation ever, you did a great job bravo.
good job cappy
We have to stop acting like the policeman of the world and get our military out of foreign countries.
You are very right they are not wanted
So naive. No one is acting as policeman of the world. The motivation is always self interest.
We (The U.S. And Allied countries) need those foreign countries for various reason... So we must act as policeman of the world. Without those poor Africa country resources, you may see blackout in Europe, high price as well as food shortage in Japan, Electric cars as well as other luxury technology goods broken down in China and U.S.
I used to think like that for many years, but I've (unhappily) changed my position. What's our national debt now, 36 trillion? Anytime a major nation's debt exceeds it GDP there is cause for massive concern (possible failed state). America's only saving grace, however, is that the international order(trade/finance) runs on dollars. Thus, the world must buy dollars to operate, creating demand for our dollar; hence, buy our debt. The US economy and self-cannibalizing gov't would implode if the dollar ceased to be the international currency. Something, by the way, China is slowly but surely chipping away at.
The United State's economic might, but more importantly, global military might is the only way to ensure the dollar retains it's position. Hell, Saddam and Muammar Gaddafi were going to stop using dollars for the sale of petroleum products. China is elated about America's increasingly isolationists feelings; they cannot wait to fill the vacuum.
Me, personally, I think any sovereign nation has the right to determine how they operate. For years I said the exact same thing, "we don't need to be the world's police." Regardless of one's political views, Bush's little crusade in the East and the 2007-08 financial crash totally really weakened our country economically, diplomatically, and most of all weakened our military (cancelled funding and development of Pacific operations for counter terrorism).
@@jayklink851 It's not a contest between debt and GDP. It's the long game between deficits vs growth in GDP, and there's a fkton of nuance. Issue an appropriate level of debt to fuel growth and you win. Print money or go balls out austerity and you lose.
Good info.
While I'm no fan of Wagner or Russia, our western record in those countries was often abismal. France for instance has always regarded African uranium as their birthright. People are in extreme poverty in countries with very rich natural resources, with only a small top political class very rich.
So what a lot of ECOWAS are saying is "We're afraid their corrupt guys will replace our corrupt guys".
As example, the north of Mali (no natural resources) was long without any real presence of their government. First Touareg rebels and then Al Quaeda took it over, and nobody (there or elsewhere) cared for years under whom the people there were starving.
But then Al Quaeda kidnapped 2 French engineers from the uranium mines, and France sent 3000 troops, and kicked Quaeda out quick.
When they wanted to return it to the Mali government, they declined to reoccupy it, so the French got a bit stuck there.
It seems that at every takeover,Touareg,French, Al Quaeda, people were cheering, as things are so bad, they could only get better.
Thank you. Saved me an essay. We've had 300 years of western rule with this to show for it. We've failed.
Underrated comment. Cappy neglected to really examine France's decades-long control over Nigerien gold and uranium mines. For example, uranium is 70 percent of the country’s exports but contributes only 5 percent to the nation's GDP. Also, nearly 90 percent of Niger's population has no access to electricity. I don't understand how he could fail to mention such staggering statistics.
@@Mortablunt nations have every right to own colonies if they have the power to maintain them; but if they don't that the ppl well then the ppl have every right to fight for independence... Islam take overs is an extreme problem but the west refuses to do what needs to be done per politics thus ends up supporting terrorists instead of stopping them
"France for instance has always regarded African uranium as their birthright." by buying it from them with money. Oh the calamity.
I'm not sure you got the right informations here...
France never regarded African Uranium as a birth right, they paid for the installation of the mine and extraction plants on site, through a contract, that benefitted African too (at least it would have, if not for the tendency of African people for corruption and embezzlement). But it was not "stolen" like you can read so often in anti-french african articles.
Second, most of Uranium actually comes from Australia (almost 30% of the world production), Kazahkstan (not a French supplier, for obvious reasons) and Canada. Niger only come in 6th or 7th place depending on the yearly production. Not necessary for France supply.
Third, You are lying (or badly informed) about the Al Qaeda and the reason for France to send troops. Mali asked France to help them against terrorists. They invited the French troops, in 2013 (operation Serval). And kicking Al Qaeda they did (especially in the North of Mali, pushing them outside of Mali borders. This required a reorganisation of the operation as it needed to be able to cross borders. That's how Barkhane replace the other operation in the Sahel region.
What you are wrongly referring to is the kidnapping of 5 French people in NIGER.... Not the same country, not the right amount of people, and not the same year.
Oh, and they could not have kidnapped them in Mali, because Mali don't have Uranium mine anymore.
But I concurr, the Malian gouvernement failed it's citizens, and now Niger seem to be going in a similar direction following this coup...
Well done bud🤟🏼😎
Thanks!
Thank you Chris Cappy. I learned a lot in a short time.
You are awesome in every video you post. I love 💕 your sense of humor and humility.
Let’s tell the truth to the world.
France is the whole root cause of this.
Let me easily break this down:
I am a US citizen and service member(military) just like you but born and raised in Africa, came to the US as an immigrant because of these same issues. So I have a clear understanding of this because I lived this in a daily basis once growing up in Africa and I won’t hesitate to oust any African President working for French interests.
To begin, France has never left Africa even after granting fake independence its African colonies in 1960’s.
Why am I saying this?
Africa has 54 countries and out of these 54 countries, 29 are French-speaking countries in Africa. 21 of those countries are known as Francophone countries. Francophone countries are countries which use French as their official language or use it as one of their other official languages since France colonized them and imposed French to them during colonization.
All these French African speaking countries have never known peace or enjoy their own natural ressources that God gave to them, France consider the ressources of these countries as its ressources and they never stopped stealing from day one they settle in Africa before and after colonization, unlike England, france still steal and decide for these countries.
France is the one that decides who can be a president or not in these countries despite the will of people of these countries.
In france and America, a president term is 5 or 4 years and renewed one time, meaning you cannot rule in france or the US for more than 10 years combined, no matter how good of a president of government you are, you must go after completing your terms. But in Africa, france has set a hidden system called France-Afrique, please (Google this), in this system, france impose president and rulers to these countries, and these imposed presidents can remain or stay on power for decades as soon as they give all their ressources to France, this is the case for my country of origin Congo Brazzaville where France has imposed Denis Sassou Nguesso on power for more than 40 years. This guy has been there with the support of France killing Congolese, giving all the country’s ressources to France to get France support and remain forever on power. The funny part is that this president never won any election but he has been on power for more than 40 years, france do not say nothing about it since he is giving them all their ressources despite the people’s opposition and poverty.
This is the same situation in all African speaking countries, france support and establish corrupted government and return, these governments give France everything, leaving the citizens of the country in deep poverty.
Why is France doing this?
Why can France support and help a corrupted president to kill people in Africa for their interests ?
Why is France deciding for who can be or not be a president on these African countries?
It is sad this behavior and this will only create hate in African citizens heart towards France because they see France as the number one responsible of their misery.
Their decisions or feelings don’t matter, what matters is what France decides and no African wants to keep dealing with this game back and forth.
My country the US, should stop supporting France on this greedy behavior.
Chris, I really appreciate the way you present your overviews of highly complicated world events. Rather than just parroting current headlines, you try to tell stories in their political and historical contexts, often far beyond what I find in other sources. Thanks for the time and effort you spend researching and distilling your presentations to better educate people like me.
Maybe you should do your own research to find out what's really going on there.
Not when the abuser is telling the story of his abuse. You will like that wouldn't you? Why not?
@theoodunlami5513 regardless, he's telling it as it is.
It's not that complicated. The west and Russia are having their own proxy wars in Africa like it's the Cold War again, only this time the West is relying much more on their African puppets to do their dirty work because Russia has systematically embarrassed them in Ukraine. Not much complication here when there are so many resources at stake for either your own consumption or at least denial to the enemy.
@@magma2680no. No he is not. He’s not parroting mainstream talking points BUT he is OBVIOUSLY just using Google to search for his information. The “counter points” are very clearly whitewashed and have zero depth to them.
He continues to use government sources to support positions. The 40% reduction in attacks is complete BS.
In early 2000, food supply was satisfactory, security was like 5-10 attacks per year… fast forward 20 years of US dumping $500 million and 1,000 troops into the area and we see a 30,000 percent increase in attacks. And food is scarce.
Further. The now-previous Niger government was the direct cause of much of the extremism. 70+% of those that joined the extremist did so BECAUSE of the Niger government’s actions (human rights violations).
That President was a Western puppet who did whatever he was told. The coup gave the govt back to the ppl. The his video did an injustice to the Niger citizens because he can’t seem to understand that Google is a captured vehicle for state propaganda.
Thanks CC
At this point I wouldnt be surprised if WW3 breaks out in Africa
First time hearing about Africa?
I highly doubt it. For ww3 to break out major powers would have to get involved, with America barley even willing to go to war over Ukraine or Taiwan I highly doubt they would be willing to go to war for any African nation.
Plus no other major power is confident enough to confront nato right now. China says they won’t be ready until the 2040’s and with Russia who knows if they will ever recover from the Ukraine war or if they are just gonna spiral into another collapse like the ussr.
@@dickriggles942 first time i hear of africa while the us, russia and china are so close to direct confrontation...
Brics just push the button Putin 🙄
The U.S seems to have a knack for training its future enemies.
like Fate/Grand Order (anime/game) Rome teached Attila
Good at what they did 😂
Funny huh we train then they become enemies huh ?
Almost like its planned
Great analysis
The I think you should leave memes are too funny 😂
5:10 If a government that comes to power by force is called a junta.
What is a government that comes to power by fraud called?
(Serious question. Please help.)
Remember democracy doesn't equal sovereignty! You need both for a successful society
Great example is Canada. You protest against something the government doesn't like? You can literally be starved by having your money seized by a government that was elected by a MINORITY of the voters.
Western democracy = modern slavery
The goal is to preach democracy to gain access to other countries political system and exploit resources.
@@MuhammedMuhammed-xd7qo wasnt that because you were being funded by foreign interests?
Yeah. Also, democracy sounds quite an empty word when the government is kept in power by foreign troops while being hated by that country's people.
For months your channel has been suggested to me by the algorithm, only now I have decided to click and watch. I can honestly say that my suspicions about you were correct.
May the Western European forces be defeated.
Gabon just had their own coup a couple hours ago, ironic
Nice one mate!
As an African I applaud this impartial reporting from all perspectives... Well done sir
Being African doesn't give you the legitimacy to approve or disprove it.
Or else, as an Ethiopian (African) I would've disapproved it then
This was not unbiased at all. There were no “pro democracy” protests. The videos he showed were anti French protests.
This is a shill account
@@aidanhammer6968 I'm glad you admit to being a shill account, but that seems like something you'd want to hide, not report on.
@@Omer1996E.C I suppose this would be the equivalent of Europe speaking on behalf of everyone that has skin lighter than a brown paper bag.
It’s not a coup. It’s a revolution! 👍
T&P continues to be one of the best information sources on the web.
For “an average infantry man” Chris provides some of the most timely, sophisticated foreign policy & military analysis I’ve ever seen.
YOU PALES ARE SO SCARED AN I LOVE IT .....BYE BYE DOG SMELLING MUTA
13:32 The problem is that Sanctioning African countries because they buy cheap Russian oil is completely absurd. We need to understand that most countries in Africa are poor so they would look after more affordable imports.
Absurd or not, if my country doesn't want to trade with someone, it's our right is it not?
@@madtechnocrat9234 There is plenty of oil in Africa. In fact Nigeria is building a pipeline that runs to Europe, right through Niger so this is a great benefit to Europe- to Africa, not so much. This is why the Western puppet governments have to go. Africa is too rich to stay poor. Theymust play their cards right and throwing out western "democratic" puppets is a good start.
The video here is wrong. People gathered in Niamey to SUPPORT the coup. The people of Niger support the coup. Look at other videos.
Even if my country isn't poor I would like to import products at the best possible prices.
@@justindunlap1235 But would you purchase goods you knew were stolen. If the seller tried to get a fair price would you kill him and put in pace a seller who would give you a cheap price.
If people feel their resources are being stolen by an unfair system, do they have the right to protest fight and change the system?
France has puppet governments throughout Africa. Africa needs to fight back now, just as America fought against imperialism, to gain their freedom.
Sanctions are NOT YOUR country deciding not to trade with someone. Sanctions are punishing other countries for disobeying orders from Washington. @@madtechnocrat9234
I love how you tell us exactly why this is important and basically answer the crux of the title of the video right at the beginning in a clear manner and then go into the details most ppl and ppl like that guy Johnny whatever tf would bury the information in the middle or end of the video to force u to stick around or end up not even answering the question of the title or just muddying the waters even more. So I appreciate that a lot and I think it really builds trust with your viewership. You basically leave it up to the viewer to decide if they want all the details or not. Clear and concise script writing and I applaud it.
End the storm shows itself😂😂 took you guys long to realise that😊
Your perspective of things in Africa is a typical Western one at best.
This coup is different from all the recent ones because the people are tired of their country being sucked dry by Western powers whilst thier country men live in the most unsettling poverty.
Africa as a whole is the richest continent on the planet, but the original peoples of that continent are the poorest in the world, and my guess is that they are sick and tired of it.
I hope that every country of that continent kicks out not only every money grubbing foreigner but all of their ancestors as well.
Ok then, become a giant Zimbabwe and starve
@@davidevans916 your foolishness suits you!
Fascinating episode, thank you.
Well balanced video. Good job
The military uniforms in central Africa are on another lvl 😂 all about that eye candy
This has nothing to do with US training. People are tired of Neo colonialism. France out of Africa; USA 🇺🇸 military out of Africa;
$500b spent on military and not on food security; high paying jobs; roads; clean water sewerage!
I learned so much. You could watch the TV news all day and learn nothing real about this.
Oh please 😂 "democratically elected" what a joke‼️
This was very well done Cappy. Thank you for covering this.
BULL
Facts. Us government always just thinking about themselves
Every government just thinks about themselves and their own interests. That’s simply how life is, you secure the best resources and deals for yourself and your people.
Bingo@@Gamna778
@@Gamna778and why do you think still so many global problems
@@Gamna778 they dont even give the people proper happiness and value in life. All a system and "new age" slavery
Hi Chris. Just got back from Benin. A friend there tells me the coup in Niger is also due to France leaning on the human trafficking through Niger. Any int on this?
Jeepers, Chris: “Baroom”?!? “Neezhir”?!?
Even after watching the video this just feels like too complex a situation for me to weigh in on one side or the other. I just hope things can get better for the people in the region, they probably have enough things on their plate to deal with as it is. (Or, You Know, The exact opposite problem.)
It's not that difficult, when rich and powerful nations subjugate and steal the resources of a weaker people, side with the weaker people.
Africa is finally realizing their worth..France has literally been robbing them and keeping them poor for centuries..when in reality France needs them
It's usa, vs russia and China, trying to take over Africa.
the people are happy and have asked both french and us military forces to vacate before they take matters into their own hand. you dont know this part because your friend here wont tell you the full story
@famousmwofficial8046 Lol, it's a coup. The people got none. The military again will rob them blind and replace Western coloniser with Russian one.
A good analysis of a very complex situation. My thinking is that Africans need to solve their own problems at this point even though colonialism is responsible for the mess. Nothing will get better until Europe, Russia and the United States stop meddling in African affairs.
USA stop meddling in foreign affairs ? Thats like saying trans arent the future of US
Russia doesn’t work the same way as the west in Africa. Like China they play a longer game more patience etc.
@mrteacher1315 they don't want to acknowledge that part.
This cappy guy sounds like a usa propagandists.
@@elhajj4285 Tough to throw off such hardcore indoctrination more like but works the same way it’s far better than Soviet or Chinese propaganda.