Niger's Freedom Struggle Challenges the West

In a new article written by Associate Professor, Stig Jensen focuses on the recent military coup and the increasing tensions in Niger as a whole. In a country that has previously been under French colonial rule their search for independence has gone hand in hand with a distancing of the West. With increasing cooperation between African countries and China, Russia, and the Middle East, the West continues to lose footing in the continent. This instability concerns the West as they have a political interest in regard to migration tied to the country. To read more about these event read the full article in Danish here.

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