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President of Niger: My country is under attack and I’ve been taken hostage
(www.washingtonpost.com)
this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2023
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I hope the president can get out of this alive. If what he says is even somewhat true, seems like this junta allies itself with authoritarians, Wagner, and religious fundamentalists.