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Antony blinken, has voiced his concern that nigersjunta might turn to the Russian Mercenary Group wagnerfor help. The group is active in neighbouring countries and its leader has welcomed the takeover. The coup leaders are currently Standing Firm against calls to restore democratic rule. Heres what mr blinken had to say about wagner. For sure, we have concerns when we see Something Like the wagner group possibly manifesting itself in different parts of the sahel. And here is why we are concerned. Because every single place that this group, wagner group has gone, death, destruction and exploitation have followed. Insecurity has gone up, not down. It has not been a response to the needs of the countries in question for greater security. I think what happened and what continues to happen in niger was not instigated ....
Of its neighbours. niger and neighbouring countries including mali and burkina faso have seen violence from islamist groups in recent years. the coup leaders from niger s presidential guard insist they re more able to deal with growing security concerns than the previous democratically elected government. wagner group mercenaries have been active in the region they re seen here in the central african republic. niger s president bazoum deposed in the coup had complained of disinformation campaigns by wagner against his government. the wagner leader, yevgeny prigozhin, has released an audio message refering to the coup in niger. the recording was released on telegram, though the date and location can t be independently verified. he had this message apparently for the coup leaders. translation: we are always on the side of goodness, - justice and on the side of those who fight for sovereignty and for the rights of their people. call us any time. ....