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People demonstrate in Niger's capital Niamey to show their support for the coup plotters.
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What’s next for Russian operations in Africa?

Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in Feb. 2022, Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, recently killed in a plane crash, was scarcely known outside diehard Russophile circles. Now that the man at the top is dead, along with his main deputies, what does this mean for the group’s surreptitious activities across the world’s fastest-growing continent?

The last French convoy from Operation Barkhane, prepares to leave Gossi, Mali.
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The UN’s dangerous withdrawal from Mali

The UN this week laid out a timeline for withdrawing peacekeeping troops from the West African state of Mali – a mission that UN chief António Guterres has called “unprecedented” because of the vast logistical and security challenges.

Pro-junta protesters gather outside the French Embassy in Niamey, Niger.
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​The geopolitics of Niger's coup

As the crisis in coup-plagued Niger deepens, a French military plane on Tuesday began evacuating European nationals after junta leaders closed the country’s airspace, halting commercial flights. Spain is also preparing to evacuated citizens from Niger.

Wagner Group guards are seen around CAR President Faustin-Archange Touadera during the referendum campaign in Bangui.
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Wagner to guard CAR referendum

They are the president's praetorian guard to ensure the plebiscite goes off without a hitch.