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The Wagner Group was involved across the Sahel, including in Niger, where Russia has widespread support as an alternative to France. Considering the situation in Niger now, with the military coup and the ECOWAS countries preparing to intervene, I wonder how Prigozhin dying changes things.
There are definitely global impacts of Wagner's adventures, that don't get as much attention in the US as Ukraine gets (not that Ukraine doesn't deserve the attention it's getting, but so does West Africa). Prigozhin and Putin have done many horrible things to many people, and ingrained their influence deep into places it never belonged, not so different from Western colonial powers. When imperialists fight each other, they use the Global South as pawns in their wicked game. It's not always clear how the "game" (I feel wrong just calling it that, but that's how imperialists think) will evolve after a major shift.
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