Comments by "M Shepard" (@mshepard2264) on "What is the impact of the military coup in Niger? | Inside Story" video.

When the US leaves there will be less money. The US pays Niger for the base and gives military and humanitarian aid. Maybe the US should leave but that will not help the economy of Niger.
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Seems like the presidential guard just locked the president in the basement or something. Also pretty sure the old president wasn’t french. Why does every one commenting here think the military is going to do a better job. The military was getting a large chunk of the western aid. why trust them more than the former president?
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they don’t have the infrastructure to refine the uranium. The price of un refined uranium ore is not very high and many of other countries have ore. So even if the new government takes 100% of the profits and distributes it perfectly fairly there isn’t going to be enough money.
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27 million people is not a small population for a country like Niger. I hope some one in the military does some accounting and runs the numbers before making any big decisions.
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All of New York state only has 19 million people. Niger has 27 million people to support but very little infrastructure almost no rain and not much skilled labor and one of the highest birth rates in the world. Maybe kicking out the French mining company will help some I have no idea. Much more than that will need to be done to support that many people.
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@gordenmg4966 I haven’t heard the New coup leaders request for the US troops and aid workers to leave yet.
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@Joe-tr2vk No one in the west is giving Nigeria orders. It is probably the most powerful country in africa. They don’t take orders.
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@eltonlewis4979 what part was a lie?
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