US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned against Russia’s Wagner mercenaries taking advantage of instability in coup-hit Niger, whose neighbour Mali has become a partner of Moscow.
Blinken doubted that Wagner plotted the Nigerien military’s July 26 ouster of the elected president, Western ally Mohamed Bazoum.
Blinken says Russia or by Wagner to an extent might try to take advantage of it and there will be a repeat of what’s happened in other countries.
