The restraint the U.S. is exercising from declaring the overthrow a coup is only a means to an end, according to a report.

Joe Biden and Abdourahmane Tchiani. The United States government is refraining from labelling the overthrow of Niger’s democratic government a coup and the military junta coup plotters as a precautionary move to preserve America’s interest.

The visit of U.S. acting deputy secretary of state, Victoria Nuland, to Niger on Monday met a dead-end as she disclosed that the junta refused to grant her an audience with the deposed President Mohamed Bazoum and junta leader, General Abdourahmane Tchiani.

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  • as_is_tradition@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I could only make sense of it after reading the accompanying text.

    Would be clearer to say:

    To Preserve Its Interest the U.S. Won’t Declare Nigerian Army Who Removed President Bazoum to be Coup Plotters