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Microsoft recently unveiled a new report from the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) on Russian influence operations in Africa, focusing on the Niger coup. The report unpacks how the Internet is being leveraged to promote political instability across the world.

The United States is seeking to prevent Russia from scoring a major new win with coup-hit Niger, wagering despite initial disappointment that long-standing military ties will keep the country in the Western orbit.In return, Wagner wins coveted access to minerals and other natural resources and Russia gains diplomatically, with Mali one of the only countries to vote no at the United Nations on condemning the Ukraine invasion.

The waving of Russian flags among Nigerien coup supporters is a reminder that much of Africa is not pro-Western.

Several dozen protesters holding Vladimir Putins portraits and waving Russian flags gathered in front of the French embassy in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Wednesday, 1 March.

Roscosmos said that it would use its ISS part in any way it considers right. The Russian space agency shared this after it received another criticism from NASA.