Comments by "M Shepard" (@mshepard2264) on "European countries to begin evacuation of citizens from coup-hit Niger" video.

  1. yea and militaries never embezzle?
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  2. national coups just lead to dictatorships. dictatorships are not freedom.
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  3.  @Ivan-wp1ne1  its a world market for grain Ukraine not exporting grain means grain everywhere is more expensive. Its not about which exact shipment goes where. If grain is expensive less will go to africa because china and europe can pay higher prices. Its a commodity blocking grain exports hurts people and destabilizes weak governments…….. hay wait a minute…..
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  4. i agree it should have a higher standard of living but the country has huge disadvantages like no access to the ocean and almost no water. Also an exploding population. lots of countries have mineral reserves… It is not an easy fix.
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  5. Also it has a population that is much bigger than it can support and some huge structural disadvantages. the GDP of niger is 15 Billion USD but has 30 million people. Vermont for comparison by itself has a GDP of 31 billion but only 640 thousand people. so in niger 500 usd per person per year in vermont 47000 usd per person per year I hope someone in the new government does the math
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