![]() After being forced to undertake the Long March, the battered PRC forces managed to settle in the province of Shaanxi to lick their wounds and rebuild their forces for another clash. As with the last coups in Mali in 2020 and Burkina Faso in 2022, the Niger demonstration in support of the junta turned into an anti-French and pro-Russian protest.The Endgame Communist China Starting Position in HOI4įollowing a purge of left-wing KMT members by Chiang Kai-Shek, a civil war between the Nationalists and Communists broke out, heralding the start of the Ten-Year Civil War. "People were desperate to express their anger," said a Nigerien journalist. A gathering of this many demonstrators is unheard of in Niamey. "For our honor, we'll fight to the end, we're ready to die," said one of them, wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with "CNSP," the initials of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, the junta's governing body. "Long live the army! Long live Tiani!" and "Down with France! Vive la Russie!" chanted demonstrators in Niamey in the morning, waving Russian flags. Tiani is still detaining the democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, who has been held captive since July 26. On Sunday, July 30, several thousand demonstrators took to the streets of the Nigerien capital as well as Tahoua, some 400 kilometers to the east, in support of the new strongman, General Abdourahamane Tiani. In Niamey, the relative calm of the first days after the coup d'état gave way to a strong mobilization in support of the putschists and fears of further unrest. Subscribers only Demonstration in support of General Abdourahamane Tiani, in front of the National Assembly building in Niamey, Niger, on July 30, 2023. ![]() ECOWAS has issued an ultimatum to the junta, and doesn't rule out the use of force.īy Claire Gatinois and Morgane Le Cam Published on July 31, 2023, at 11:07 am (Paris) Supporters of the coup instigator, General Tiani, attempted to break into the French embassy in Niamey, chanting anti-French and pro-Russian slogans. ![]() Niger junta raises specter of external intervention to rally citizens ![]()
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