Pro-Western military coup in Niger neutralized by government forces with the … help of the Russian African Corps.

Pro-Western military coup in Niger neutralized by government forces with the … help of the Russian African Corps.

Information that the pro-Western military coup in Niger that broke out on 29 August 2026 was neutralized (31.08.2026) by government forces with the … help of the Russian African Corps.Africa has become a front-line arena of competition among regional and global geopolitical actors.The USA, China, Russia, but also France, Israel, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt make up an explosive map that is being rearranged almost daily.Geopolitical tension has shifted from North Africa in the 2010s toward Central and East Africa today, reflecting the USA/China, Russia/China–Europe, Turkey/Israel, Saudi Arabia/UAE, Franco-Russian and other rivalries.Within this framework, patriotic and Pan-African domestic forces are struggling by forming alliances and developing military and productive capabilities for the development and freedom of the Continent, as well as of the specific regions and countries, turning away from the traditional neo-colonial Christian or Muslim powers.