CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year agoNiger coup: EU suspends security cooperation and budgetary aidwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down10cross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
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minus-squareUmbra@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·1 year agoThat’s fine but you’d think the money was supposed to be used to improve the lives of the people and not to line the pockets of the ruling party/clique
minus-squarePelicanenlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt is, and with an autocratic military junta, it’s impossible to guarantee that the money will ever reach the people.
minus-squareUmbra@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI really don’t think the previous guy was any better. But he was cooperating with the EU and USA.
minus-squarePelicanenlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMore importantly he was elected. Dictators are worse for that reason alone.
That’s fine but you’d think the money was supposed to be used to improve the lives of the people and not to line the pockets of the ruling party/clique
It is, and with an autocratic military junta, it’s impossible to guarantee that the money will ever reach the people.
I really don’t think the previous guy was any better. But he was cooperating with the EU and USA.
More importantly he was elected. Dictators are worse for that reason alone.