Critical Threats Africa File published on 21 March 2024 an analysis titled "Niger Cuts the United States for Russia and Iran" by Liam Karr.
Niger is unlikely to compromise on its efforts to expand ties with Russia and Iran to maintain its military partnership with the United States. The military regime in Niger has apparently concluded that Russia and Iran are better positioned to help ensure regime security than the United States and France, which was pushed out earlier.
Increasingly, it appears Russian troops or mercenaries with the Africa Corps, previously known as the Wagner Group, are headed to Niger like they recently deployed to Burkina Faso to protect the regime.
