Sahel diplomacy game: Niamey’s sovereign rhetoric meets un aid reality
Since the July 2023 coup, Niger’s military leadership has cultivated a profitable political brand: performative sovereignty. Through martial speeches, dramatic exits from the International Organisation of La Francophonie, withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, and theatrical expulsions of diplomats, the Niamey regime insists it has shattered the chains of internationalContinue Reading











