With the federal government suspending direct financial assistance to Niger's government, experts share their thoughts on where Canada and other western nations go from here.
, the Canadian Armed Forces sent up to 50 members each year to Niger since 2013 to train the Forces armées nigériennes, training that also involved Canadian Special Operations Forces.in late July that there is no current training program in Niger. The spokesperson also said Canadian Special Operations Forces Command has not provided training to Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani, the recently installed head of state for Niger, or Gen.
Aurel Braun, a professor of international relations and political science at the University of Toronto, told CTV News Channel on Sunday that Canada's policy in Niger, while well intended, "clearly has not achieved the desired results because a democratically elected government was overthrown."However, Braun adds that it is not just Canada but also the collective West that has not handled the situation well.
"This is one very sad example for the people of that country, but it is happening elsewhere as well in many ways," Braun said. "Dictatorships are on the march and democracies need to become better at predicting and at preventing these kinds of juntas and better at supporting democratic governments — making them more resilient, making them more popular to the extent that external forces can do that."
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