Niger is home to some 26 million people and for years has been the only true Western ally in a region wrapped by poverty, violence and jihadist insurgency. Kinley Salmon: The country was already in difficult place and perhaps the last thing it needed was more upheaval. And the coup that has been carried out late last week may only make all of this much worse.
Following years of military takeovers in the region, Niger is the West’s last solid ally in the Sahel. But with this coup, and growing alignment with Russia, these relations are in jeopardy. Why is a policy to decongest London proving such a politically divisive issue (10:49)? And, a deep dive into a Canadian lake shows that humanity may be entering a new epoch (17:01).
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