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The fight against Islamist insurgents in Africa may have suffered a significant blow Thursday when army officers in the West African country of Niger said they were supporting the leaders of a coup against the president, a key ally of the United States and other Western governments.

The Wagner mercenary outfit’s short-lived mutiny against Russia’s military leadership has cast a shadow of uncertainty over the future of the private military group’s far-flung presence abroad, where it worked to covertly advance the Kremlin’s geopolitical interests.  While the Kremlin swiftly moved to dissolve Wagner’s structures in Russia and Ukraine by handing its military hardware to the conventional Russian military and offering its members to sign contracts with the Defense Mini...

There has been an increase in Russian planes passing through Uganda and "going to and from unknown destinations", say analysts.

There has been an increase in Russian planes passing through Uganda and "going to and from unknown destinations", say analysts.

Russia used Prigozhin to stir tumult worldwide, including election meddling in the U.S. and proxy wars in Africa. Now, the Kremlin is dismantling his empire.

Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the mogul known as "Putin's chef", has dropped out of sight since agreeing last Saturday to halt his mutiny and go to Belarus.

The Russian president's greatest challenge to his time in power might be over, but Wagner's legacy in Africa is still up for grabs

To putin in order to oust his internal rivals, as your team has stated earlier, shoigu and gerasimov. i think events somewhat got out of control and ahead of even what prigozhin himself was expecting. and im not sure that either he or his — those who serve under him would be up necessarily for another go at it from belarus. john lechner, thank you so much for speaking with us tonight. thanks for having me. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. voiceover: bbc news, bringing you ...

India Today’s OSINT (Open-Source Investigations) Team analyses Prigozhin’s exit from Russia, and delves into the many facets of the aftermath: the implications for the war in Ukraine, the changing power dynamics inside and outside Russia, and what’s next for the mercenary group in Africa.

To authority, albeit in a very dramatic and naked show of force, but nonetheless not — not necessarily a coup. i dont think that prigozhin was trying to oust putin. i think he was trying to show his own importance and dangerousness to putin to oust his internal rivals, as your team has stated earlier, shoigu and gerasimov. i think that events got out of control and ahead of what prigozhin himself was expecting. im not sure that either he or his — those who serve under him, would be up necess...