Derin@lemmy.beru.co to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoPresident of Niger: My country is under attack and I’ve been taken hostagewww.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down111file-textcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1157arrow-down1external-linkPresident of Niger: My country is under attack and I’ve been taken hostagewww.washingtonpost.comDerin@lemmy.beru.co to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-21 year agoWagner are already in the neighbouring countries and have been for years. It’s just that many people in the West didn’t notice them until Ukraine. It’s the Bader Meinhoff effect. Niger is a major source of uranium and has both French and US military bases, so it’s higher in the Western news cycle than Mali was.
Wagner are already in the neighbouring countries and have been for years.
It’s just that many people in the West didn’t notice them until Ukraine. It’s the Bader Meinhoff effect.
Niger is a major source of uranium and has both French and US military bases, so it’s higher in the Western news cycle than Mali was.