The West African country is increasingly turning to Moscow for support after breaking ties with the West.
  • nekandro@lemmy.mlOP
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    7 months ago

    Apparently all the foreign aid being sent to Niger before the coup was being grifted by country leaders…

    So, there was a coup, those (Western-backed leaders) got kicked, and now Niger is changing allegiances.

    • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
      234·
      7 months ago

      Of course there was no actual aid making it to the people.

      American foreign aid’s purpose is to ensure the loyalty of the leadership, and subsidize American industry and prevent the receiving country’s industry from competing (it must be spent on American goods. Only Israel has an exception to this).

      Most of it is military aid, which enables those leaders to put down the people in the event they rise up after their leaders pass policies that benefit America at their expense.