Niger Just Made A Crazy Decision That Will Shock Europe!!!

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Before July 2023, Niger and Europe had a fairly stable relationship with Niger viewing Europe and the European Union as a developmental partner. In fact for the West and the European Union, Niger was the last major security partner in the Sahel. However, this fairly stable relationship changed in July 2023 when a coup occurred and removed Western ally, Mohammed Bazoom from power. This change in government brought in General Tiani as the new head of state in Niger. However, the EU wasn't happy with this change in governance which removed their ally from power and so in the name of democracy and constitutional order, the EU condemned the coup and placed economic sanctions on Niger to pressure the military junta to restore Bazoom. The military junta refused and more stringent sanctions were placed on Niger including cutting off developmental aid which constituted more than half of the National Budget. These sanctions placed on Niger by the EU have had serious effects on the Nigerien economy but it still hasn't made the military junta step down. Instead, it has built more tensions between Niger and Europe. Recently, the Niger junta made a decision, a decision that has the potential to shake the whole of Europe and one which many see as retaliation against the sanctions placed by the EU. What is this decision and how would it shake Europe? Stay with us as we reveal it in this video.

Europe has for a long time viewed Africans migrating into the country as a security threat. For them, Africans coming into Europe could lead to the spread of terrorism and organized crime, as well as the spread of diseases. And so, for a long time, Europe has used both hard and soft power as a strategy to help reduce Africa-Europe Migration. One of the strategies used by Europe was the establishment of a law known as Law 2015-36, a legislation that was drafted in 2015 in coordination with the European Union and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. During this period Europe was faced with a migration crisis, whereby more than a million people entered the continent from Turkey and North Africa. According to the law, it was illegal for migrants to travel from Agadez towards Niger's northern border. It also criminalized the work of the local "ferryman" who transported these migrants towards Libya and Algeria.