Another coup in the Sahel? Normally that makes the back pages of most Western dailies and weeklies. For some reason, however, (boredom, probably) writers are salivating above the fold over whatever is happening in Niger. Some examples:
Le Canard enchaîné: It’s the DGSE’s fault.
Daily Telegraph: It’s Russia’s fault.
Guardian: It’s Françafrique’s fault.
Jerusalem Post: It’s Iran’s fault.
Tass: It’s the economy’s fault.
Wall Street Journal: It’s America’s fault.
Or maybe it’s the fault of the man who just got himself overthrown by irritating the people a ruler most needs to appease: his own presidential guard.