Africa Strengthens Ties with Russia as Coups Against Western-Backed Governments Spread Across Africa Continent
Niger became the latest African nation to topple its "democratically elected" U.S.-backed government this week, as civil unrest spreads from coast to coast across the continent. President Bazoum is reportedly being held by his own presidential guard, and the coup leaders claim that the nation's army, gendarmerie, and police forces were all united in taking control of the government in Niger. Local reporters are claiming that the coup is also supported by the people of Niger. While Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov criticized the coup last week as an “anti-constitutional a...