Niger's Youth 'Refuse Slavery, Refuse to Be Obedient' to US and France | Sahel Solidarity Conference

Filmata Taya, member of Niger's M62 movement, addresses the historic “Conference in Solidarity with the Peoples of the Sahel" in Niamey, Niger. "Today we have the Alliance of Sahel States that our enemies do not like," says Taya. The US and France have militarily, economically and politically dominated the region for decades, but that era is ending: "today they are facing another generation who refuse slavery, who refuse to be obedient to their orders." Taya says the M62 movement was created to defend the idea that "Niger belongs to the Nigerien people."