• Dremor@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Can’t find such poll on Forbes or the Economist, could you give it a link?

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      1 year ago

      Sure :)

      Here is an image of the poll https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/b4bd0c20-8521-465f-955e-522fd5a3abfc.png

      Here is the actual article, but you’d have to pay the Economist to see the whole thing. https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2023/08/07/after-nigers-coup-the-drums-of-war-are-growing-louder

      Upon actually finding the specific poll I was talking about, it is actually that the vast majority of people in Niger feel the coup should remain in power, which is technically not the same thing as saying they wanted it to happen. However you can look around and find that support for the coup is very high. Niger’s government was not popular. Only 21% of people polled by this very hostile to the coup source wanted the old president to be restored to power.

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        1 year ago

        These findings are not necessarily representative of opinion across the country because the poll was conducted quickly, with a small sample, made up mainly of men in the capital.

        As stated in the actual The Economist article. So I won’t say like you do that “a vast majority of people in Niger” support the coup.

        Even so, it provides an indication of the mood.

        I do agree with that. It is unfortunate that such an anti-occident sentiment grew there, but it is understandable considering France (and many European countries) colonial past.

        Still to call for the Russian, considering all the war crimes they are accused of (and the massive number of proofs already gathered), is kinda worrying for their safety.

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          1 year ago

          Major thing is that Wagner/Russia is prepared to take the gloves off in fighting islamists. Slaughtering villages or regions that support islamist groups is something western powers are very afraid off, while the locals prefer it and Russia dgaf.

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        1 year ago

        The poll these publications refer to isn’t done by themselves. Whoever told you this is lying.

        And it’s apparently based on a few hundred respondents from the capital.

        Not saying there’s better sources available but it seems you’ve been largely misled on this

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          1 year ago

          It really seems like a distinction without a difference since its on their site. The capital is going to be where the supporters of the old regime are. Its a biased poll designed to get a result in favor of the old government and it failed.