Exposing Niamey’s sovereignist bluff at the un aid table
Since the July 2023 coup, Niger's military junta has built a lucrative political commodity: a theatrical sovereignism. Through martial declarations, high-profile breaks with the International Organisation of La Francophonie, withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, and dramatic expulsions of diplomats, the Niamey regime endlessly repeats that it has shattered the chains of international dependence. Yet behind this street spectacle designed to galvanise public opinion hides a far more mundane truth: the Nigerien authorities cannot finance their own state and continue to hold out the begging bowl to the very institutions they claim to despise.
The staged "control": an illusion to consume aid
The pompous reception of the new representative of the United Nations Development Programme ...











