Niger coup: 78% of people support military government's anti-colonial policies
Geopolitical Economy Report
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Niger Ku Could Jeopardy Oil Production Boost
S&P Global Commodities Insights: Military takeover in Niger could jeopardize country's plans to become a significant oil producer and exporter. Report quotes former U.S. official complaining that neighboring governments in Mali and Burkina Faso are so-called authoritarian because they want their gold reserves to benefit their populations. This is what they mean by authoritarianism. It's a country exercising economic control, national control over its natural resources to be used for the benefit of its population not foreign corporations.
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