Niger is run by a military junta, and Tchiani is the de facto dictator.
This may or may not be a good thing for Niger, given the local circumstances, it might be the best of many bad options, but it certainly isnt ideologically consistent with US society of whatever faction.
26 million. And clearly inroads into Africa.
All that matters is numbers. The total people congratulating. It is not Russia that is isolated from the world.