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This is an opinion piece by the democratically elected president of Niger.

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[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 34 points 1 year ago (3 children)

"I've been taken hostage" is an opinion piece?

[–] derin@lemmy.beru.co 16 points 1 year ago

I mean, it's not technically news - it's by a third-party contributor so it would be dishonest to not label it as "opinion".

But, yeah, it's definitely kind of surreal to read, you're not wrong in finding it bizarre.

[–] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

An opinion piece is an article that reflects the opinion of the author, not necessarily that of the paper.

[–] clumsyninza@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

That was exactly my thought.