{"id":1986545,"date":"2023-07-31T04:24:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T08:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-threatens-to-exit-niger-as-russias-wagner-group-revels-in-military-coup-attempt-2\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T04:25:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T08:25:58","slug":"us-threatens-to-exit-niger-as-russias-wagner-group-revels-in-military-coup-attempt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-threatens-to-exit-niger-as-russias-wagner-group-revels-in-military-coup-attempt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"US may withdraw from Niger as Russia&#8217;s Wagner Group celebrates failed coup."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-threatens-to-exit-niger-as-russias-wagner-group-revels-in-military-coup-attempt-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1986545&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>President\u2063 Joe Biden Threatens to Cut \u200bMilitary \u2063Ties with Niger\u2063 Amidst Political Crisis<\/h2>\n<p>President Joe Biden has\u200d issued a strong warning \u200dto Niger, stating that the \u200bUnited States may sever \u200dmilitary ties if the\u200b ongoing coup against\u200c the country&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-threatens-to-exit-niger-as-russias-wagner-group-revels-in-military-coup-attempt\/\" title=\"US may withdraw from Niger as Russia's Wagner Group celebrates failed coup.\">democratically elected president continues<\/a>.\u2063 The White House\u2062 National Security Council spokesman, John Kirby, emphasized the\u2062 potential consequences of a military takeover, stating that it could jeopardize existing \u2063security\u200c and non-security partnerships between the United States and Niger.<\/p>\n<h3>High Stakes and \u200bInternational Concerns<\/h3>\n<p>The U.S. hopes to prevent the overthrow of Nigerien President Mahmoud Bazoum, despite the announcement by Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani that he has seized power. \u200dThe\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brexit-trade-deal-published-as-uk-calls-for-end-to-ugly-divisions\/\" title=\"Brexit trade deal published as UK calls for end to \u2018ugly\u2019 divisions\">political crisis<\/a> in Niger carries\u200b significant implications, \u2063as the withdrawal of American troops could\u2062 create a power \u2063vacuum that terrorist organizations \u200cmay exploit. Additionally, it could pave the way for Russia&#8217;s Wagner Group paramilitary \u200cforces to\u200b establish a foothold in a \u200dcountry they have long \u2062desired.<\/p>\n<p>Africa Center for Strategic Studies\u2064 research director\u2062 Joseph Siegle highlighted Russia&#8217;s interest in a military \u200ctakeover, stating that they\u2064 have openly expressed their desire\u2062 for influence \u2063in Niger. Siegle also \u2062mentioned\u2063 that after the\u2063 coup in Burkina Faso last year, there were\u200d indications that Wagner-linked Telegram accounts \u200bconsidered Niger as their next target.<\/p>\n<h3>Condemnation and Ambiguous Posture<\/h3>\n<p>Gen. Tchiani&#8217;s coup has drawn condemnation from the \u2064African\u200c Union and Western powers, while Russian\u2062 authorities have taken a more \u200cambiguous \u2062stance. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov referred \u200cto it\u200c as &#8220;an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pink-floyd-co-founder-under-investigation-after-being-photographed-in-nazi-style-uniform\/\" title=\"Pink Floyd co-founder investigated for wearing Nazi-style uniform in photo.\">anti-constitutional act<\/a>,&#8221; but also drew parallels \u200dto the Ukrainian movement in 2014. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov denied interference \u200din Niger&#8217;s internal\u2064 affairs but acknowledged\u2063 the recurring nature \u2062of \u2063such events in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>However, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of Russia&#8217;s Wagner Group, reportedly celebrated the coup as a defeat for the West. Prigozhin&#8217;s forces have benefited from\u200b previous coups \u2063in African states, \u200dand\u200b the potential \u2063financial \u200band geopolitical advantages of Niger make\u200d it an attractive prospect for them.<\/p>\n<h3>Urgent Action and\u2063 International Demands<\/h3>\n<p>U.S. officials, along with Senate Foreign \u200dRelations Chairman Bob\u2064 Menendez and Idaho\u200b Sen. James Risch, are calling for swift action \u2064to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-threatens-to-exit-niger-as-russias-wagner-group-revels-in-military-coup-attempt-2\/\" title=\"US may withdraw from Niger as Russia's Wagner Group celebrates failed coup.\">hold anti-democratic forces\u2062 accountable<\/a> and send a clear\u200b message that attacks on constitutional democracy will not \u2064be tolerated. The international community, including \u200dFrance, is\u200c demanding the immediate restoration of constitutional order\u2062 and the democratically elected civilian government in Niger.<\/p>\n<h3>Hope for Diplomatic Resolution<\/h3>\n<p>Despite \u2064the escalating crisis, President Biden&#8217;s administration is \u200cstill hopeful\u2062 for a diplomatic resolution. They have emphasized to Nigerien leaders that their \u2064security\u200d cooperation\u200b is contingent on the rule of law, support for democracy, and civilian control. The United States believes \u2064that there is still room for\u2062 diplomacy in resolving the\u2063 situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden has warned that military relations with Niger could be severed if the coup against the incumbent president persists. U.S. officials are concerned about the president&#8217;s bodyguards seizing power. They emphasize that overthrowing a democratically elected leader would jeopardize the U.S.&#8217;s interests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1986546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1986545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1986545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1986546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1986545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1986545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1986545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}