Niger coup leader meets Russia Wagner group-allies Junta in Mali
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Mali’s transitional president, an ally of Russia Wagner mercenary group hosts one of Niger coup leader, General Salifou Mody
Mali’s transitional president, an ally of Russia Wagner mercenary group hosts one of Niger coup leader, General Salifou Mody.
General Salifou Mody, one of the Niger officers who seized power in a military coup visited Mali on Wednesday according to CNN report.
This comes amid speculation of possible interest in the Russia Wagner mercenary group, which has a presence in the country.
Mali’s transitional president, Assimi Goïta, hosted Mody and a large Nigerien military delegation on Wednesday, CNN reported citing the pictures and statement posted on Facebook by the Mali presidency.
The meeting, according to the Mali presidency, was “part of a complex regional context,” and Mody thanked the Malian authorities “for their support and accompaniment since the seizure of power by the CNSP,” referring to the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, where Mody serves as vice president.
In order to put an end to an Islamist insurgency that is growing along the intersection of the frontiers of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, the military junta of the country has invited hundreds of Wagner contractors to station themselves in Mali.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Wagner, praised the coup last week in the landlocked West African nation, saying his private military company could also help with situations like the one unfolding in Niger, CNN reported.
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The dramatic ouster of Niger’s President Bazoum last week alarmed Western leaders, including the US and France, which are both key stakeholders in Niger’s crackdown on local insurgencies.
Recently over the weekend, pictures from Niger showed protesters waving Russian flags, chanting Putin’s name.
On Monday, Mali and Burkina Faso’s governments said they would consider any military intervention in Niger as “an act of war” against them and put their armies on standby.
Their statement came after Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday threatened to use force if Niger’s ousted president, Mohamed Bazoum, was not reinstated within one week.
Burkina Faso and Mali expressed their solidarity with Nigerien authorities and said they would not participate in any measures against Niger by ECOWAS, calling the sanctions “illegal, illegitimate and inhuman.”
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