• Greenleaf [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    It’s literally the goddamn name of the country.

    Also, from the article:

    The complaint comes as the Nigerien state broadcaster announced one week ago that Russia had delivered military equipment, including the latest generation of air defense systems, to Niger.

    Langley, told the Senate Armed Services Committee in March that Russia is “trying to take over central Africa as well as the Sahel” at an “accelerated pace.”

    Yeah, Russia is “taking over” Africa because reasons. Can’t be as simple as the Nigereans saw how much better Russian equipment is performing in the field, and just placed an order for some equipment. No no, it has to be more sinister than that…

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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      8 months ago

      You gotta love how they completely remove agency from the people actually living there.

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      7 months ago

      Russia had delivered military equipment, including the latest generation of air defense systems, to Niger

      Oh so we have those to sell, but not enough to cover Kursk, Belgorod, Donetsk and Crimea?