Biden’s Africa summit last December.) As the summit unfolded, yet another coup took place in West Africa, the seventh since 2020. Coup politics in Africa has become a Russian specialty, and we may yet find that Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, which commands roughly 1000 soldiers, will be operating in Niger. Prigozhin reportedly hailed the Niger coup for overthrowing colonialism, meaning a pro-Western leader; he offered his troops to help reestablish order, meaning repression of the new regime’s opponents. Second, the great needs in West Africa are finding the resources to address poverty, illiteracy, and desertification south of the Sahara.

Source: Ethiopian News August 01, 2023 22:35 UTC