Justin Ling🆒️ on Nostr: This coup in Niger is real bad news. () It both reflects a worsening security ...

This coup in Niger is real bad news. (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/29/niger-coup-us-offers-unflagging-support-to-ousted-leader-as-sanctions-threatened) It both reflects a worsening security situation in the area, draws the U.S. into Niger's affairs (they have a massive drone base there) even as they provide too little help to help to end the insurgency, and gives Russia a huge opening to find a new client state. (See: https://unherd.com/2023/05/why-africa-welcomed-the-wagner-group/)