Niger coup 'Beginning Africa's Revolution' says ex African Union diplomat press TV Tony Gosling

Niger junta leader says that the country does not want a war and remains open to dialogue.
General Abdourahamane Tiani said that the country remains open to dialogue BUT it will defend itself if a West African regional bloc, or ECOWAS, invades the country. He said the military rulers are NOT after confiscating power and added that a transition of power would NOT go beyond three years. Meanwhile, thousands of people massed outside a stadium in the capital Niamey after the junta called for volunteers to turn up. On Saturday, a delegation from ECOWAS arrived in Niger and met ousted president Mohamed Bazoum. The delegation also held talks with the officers who seized power last month. The visit comes after the ECOWAS military chiefs announced they were ready to intervene to reinstate the ousted president.

Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea beginning of African revolution — Dr Quao, top African diplomat
*Says recent coups ideological realignment against Western carnage
*Asks ECOWAS, AU what they did against economic oppression in Niger, other African countries

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/08/niger-mali-burkina-faso-guinea-beginning-of-african-revolution-dr-quao/

By Prisca Sam-Duru 

The military coups in Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso and recently Niger- all francophone countries — to a large number of people, indicate that France is gradually losing grip of its former colonies. 

Neo-colonialism has thrived for a long time and it appears that Africans have woken up to demand that countries in the continent should be allowed to take charge of their destinies.

While the coups come as a surprise to many, former Permanent Representative to the African Union Mission in Washington DC, Dr Arikana Chihombori-Quao, from Zimbabwe, who joined Arise TV programme from Tennessee in the United States, on Thursday, noted that “The writing has been on the wall for a long time when it comes to France,” adding that “What’s happening now in Africa is a revolution.” 

Dr Quao likened the coups to “a revolution similar to what saw the demise of the mighty Roman Empire and the fall of the mighty British Empire”, noting that “There’s no way the West would have continued to plunder Africa’s natural resources, abuse the Africans for as long as they have. The end is here and I hope France can see the hand writing on the wall. This is just the beginning of the African revolution and it is not going to stop.

“I think that France has gotten away with a lot over the years and it is not just France, most of the western powers. I hope that they would see that what happened in Niger and other countries in west Africa is a very significant movement that I hope the West will look at and consider very seriously in terms of their foreign policies on Africa. What they’ve done in the past is simply not going to work anymore.”
This is an ideological realignment of economic, political and social values

Asked whether the coups in the four African countries are not similar to what we’ve had in the past, she said “I see what’s happening in Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea very differently. If you look at the previous coups, those were orchestrated by Western powers; majority of course orchestrated by France. They had their own intentions; a few are documented showing that the leaders were trying to do what was ultimately best for their people and those leaders were assassinated. The difference between these coups are coups being led by our people. The people have spoken. The people truly understand the issues and are standing up to say what has been going on is unfair, and unacceptable.”

Dr Quao who noted that on a personal level, she feels uncomfortable even calling them coups, revealed that “This is a situation where people are basically desperate; where they know they are rich in natural resources and yet the majority of the people are extremely poor. I would like to call what is happening in these four countries as an ideological realignment of their economic, political social values. At some point if you look at the situation with the former French colonies, before even a president comes to power, there are certain no-go areas that the president must not touch because if you do, you may not live to see the end of the day. These are areas like the military, finances, the reserves that must be deposited with the French treasury and the natural resources.