“In their Thousands, they waved Russian flags, tore flags of France, Niger’s former colonial power, on the streets of the capital, Niamey” Thousands of supporters of the junta that took over Niger in a coup last week marched Sunday through the streets of the capital, Niamey, waving Russian flags, chanting the name of the Russian president and forcefully denouncing former colonial power France. The protesters marched through the city to the French Embassy, where a door was lit on fire, according to someone who was at the embassy when…
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