pipsNiger soldiers announce coup on national TV
The fuck is this article? What are the differences in ideologies between the military and the government? Is there any history of this conflict? How long has this president been in office? Most BBC readers probably have no idea about anything in Niger, myself included
Right? Such a trash article that explains nothing about why this is happening.
Considering this is 16 minutes old and a currently happen situation, it’s very likely BBC doesn’t keep that information on hand, and likely has to go source that.
I doubt the soldiers put out a press release as the first thing they did detailing the ideological differences.
This should give you some idea:
Niger President Mohamed Bazoum has been held by troops from the presidential guard since early on Wednesday. ... Mr Bazoum is a key Western ally in the fight against Islamist militancy in West Africa.
CALIGVLAOh great, more religious zealots. Organized religion was a mistake.
This one from Al-Jazeera seems a little better
right there is no explanation at all
There is no conjecture or supposition ftfy
BBC has to wait until they have facts
They should have delayed reporting
Bbc breaking news stories like this often start as a very small article and are updated rapidly to give more information
There are only 3 actual sources of world news these days, the BBC is not one of them. They’re probably waiting on AP to send the details from boots on the ground.
Whew, had to do a triple-take on that post title lmao.
at least I’m not the only one
hoodatninjaNone of you are and we all knew someone was going to remark on it
KingJalopy Literally the only reason I clicked on this
Are you in my head, bro? Or do you just need to pull your own out of your ass?
What a bizarre thing to get so defensive about
maajI’m someone who that word we thought the title said would be used against, and I had to double back to make sure somebody on Lemmy didn’t just lose their bigoted fuckin minds. 😂😂
You can just say you’re black, right?
That sentence demanded reading comprehension XD
If I wasn’t taking a tolerance break, I would have written that a lot simpler, lmao.
Wow. you probably still struggle with Uranus too, huh?
You probably still struggle to talk to people and make friends too, huh?
And the category is “Soldiers who annoy you”.
I’m sorry, the answer was “Naggers”.
LegionErisI’m stoned as all fuck and read “ninja soldiers” several times >_> I was trying to figure out the joke. I’m going to hell.
Better than my initial read so… yeah.
ArugulaZThere once was a soldier from Niger
Who rode on the back of a tiger
Just one mistake
Is all it would take
To put the soldier inside her.
Who rode on the back of a tiger
Just one mistake
Is all it would take
To put the soldier inside her.
Is this a poem about a tiger fucker?
Isn’t it pronounced nee-jer?
Wikipedia has it as "nee-ZHAIR", so yeah about that.
I very distinctly recall the geography teacher asking the class clown to pronounce it when we were studying it, it went as expected, and she corrected him. She told us it was pronounced n-eye-jer, but it’s also been 30 years.
Oh wow, I was reading about the president calling it a failed attempt in the morning.
I thought it was a piece of delayed news, seems like the president jinx it
PugJesusGuess the revolution WILL be televised.
I do. But that is neither here nor there. I apologize for my comment.
CalchargerAnyone want to take bets on whether Wagner is involved?
5th largest exporter of Uranium, huh?
Madbrad200The root cause of this is Islamic jihadism sprawling out of control across the Sahel. it’s causing a ton of instability and governments are struggling to withstand it.
The cause for internal conflict? Absolutely
The cause of international interest? Absolutely not
It’s the reason Wagner is in the region to begin with, and why Western militaries have a presence in the region. Definitely plays an important role in international interest as well.
Islam is by itself jihad.
Such a fascinating culture