Wagner Group thugs invited into Niger as former NATO chief fears ‘full-blown war’

Analysing the situation, Samuel Cranny-Evans, a Research Fellow at London-based think tank the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), told Express.co.uk: “The Western narrative generally is that Russia is an aggressor and that countries in Africa and elsewhere are struggling because of Russias war in Ukraine (food prices etc). Analysing the situation, Samuel Cranny-Evans, a Research Fellow at London-based think tank the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), told Express.co.uk: “The Western narrative generally is that Russia is an aggressor and that countries in Africa and elsewhere are struggling because of Russias war in Ukraine (food prices etc).