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A key lesson from the Niger crisis: Africans, not global powers, will plot the continent’s path

Other African states are saying that it is they who must decide the continent’s fate, not strategists in Moscow and Washington, writes Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian - UK

Wagner Group ‘may now be funded by Belarus,’ says British defence chiefs

Belarus may be funding the activities of the Wagner mercenary group, British defence chiefs claim.

Evening Standard

7 killed in Ukraine's Kherson region, including a 23-day-old baby girl

Seven people – including a 23-day-old baby girl – have been killed in Russian shelling in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, according to the country’s Internal Affairs Ministry

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Ukraine-Russia war – latest: Baby among seven dead as Putin’s troops attack Kherson

Ukraine has been trying to recapture strategically significant village for days as part of counteroffensive

The Independent UK

Niger's junta gains upper hand over regional bloc threatening military force, analysts say

One week after a deadline passed for mutinous soldiers in Niger to reinstate the country’s ousted president or face military intervention, the junta has not acquiesced

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war live: seven people killed by Russian shelling in Kherson region – as it happened

Russian military targeted residential areas, factories and mobile communications towers, says regional governor

The Guardian - AU

Activist in Niger with ties to junta tells the AP region needs to ‘accept new regime’ or risk war

A local activist in Niger with ties to the military regime says the only way to avoid conflict in the country between mutinous soldiers that ousted the president and regional nations who are threatening an invasion to reinstate him, is to recognize the new regime as the ones in power

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West African leaders meet on Niger but options are few as the military junta defies mediation

West African heads of state are planning to meet after Niger’s military junta defied their deadline to reinstate the deposed president who’s said to be running low on food in deteriorating conditions under house arrest

The Independent UK

Niger coup leaders rebuff diplomatic overtures from AU, ECOWAS

West African leaders expected to meet on Thursday to discuss response to generals who have deposed Niger’s president.

Al Jazeera

CAR approves constitutional changes allowing president to seek third term

Voters in the Central African Republic overwhelmingly approved a draft constitution paving the way for President Faustin Archange Touadera to seek a third term as president. However NGOs and civil society groups accuse the government of circumventing democracy.

Radio France Internationale

Niger's neighbors and the UN seek to deescalate tensions with last-minute diplomacy

Nigeriens face deepening uncertainty about whether a regional bloc will follow through on its threat to use military force to try to reinstall ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, nearly two weeks after mutinous soldiers overthrew the democratically elected leader

The Independent UK

Putin giving Russian National Guard heavy weaponry to ‘ensure regime security’ after Wagner mutiny, says UK

Ministry of Defence in London believes the Rosgvardia is being better equipped to deal with ‘internal security threats’

Evening Standard

Explainer: What’s behind the Niger coup?

After last week’s surprise coup in Niger, the Russian military group Wagner is taking advantage of the chaos and anti-French sentiment, says journalist Garé Amadou in Niamey, while ordinary Nigeriens are preparing for the worst

The Guardian - UK

Belarus begins military drills near its border with Poland and Lithuania as tensions heighten

Belarus has begun military exercises near its border with Poland and Lithuania

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Al Jazeera

Niger closes airspace as ECOWAS deadline for coup reversal expires

Coup leaders say there has been a pre-deployment of troops in two Central African nations for military intervention.

The Independent UK

A deadline has arrived for Niger's junta to reinstate the president. Residents brace for what's next

The deadline has arrived for Niger’s military junta to reinstate the country’s ousted president, but the West Africa regional bloc that has threatened a military intervention faces prominent appeals to pursue more peaceful means

Al Jazeera

Niger’s military rulers ask for help from Russian group Wagner

New military government seeks help from Wagner mercenaries against ECOWAS intervention, according to a report.

The Independent UK

Niger’s junta rulers ask for help from Russian group Wagner as it faces military intervention threat

An analyst says Niger’s new military junta has asked for help from the Russian mercenary group Wagner as the deadline nears for it to release the country’s ousted president or face possible military intervention by the West African regional bloc

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‘I don’t live in fear’: Poles defiant as Wagner operates near border

Many in Poland feel the Russian armed group has few options at its disposal to realistically endanger their security.

The Guardian - UK

The perplexing aftermath of the Wagner mutiny shows Putin is more vulnerable than ever

Yevgeny Prigozhin seems largely unscathed, while faith in the Russian president’s invincibility has taken a battering, says Prof Kimberly Marten

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war – live: Kyiv issues warning to Belarus as drone ‘blows hole’ in Russian ship

Strike marks first Ukrainian attack on one of Russia’s main commercial ports

The Independent UK

In Niger, US seeks to hang on to its last, best counterterrorist outpost in West Africa

As several European countries evacuate Niger following a coup, the Biden administration seems intent on staying

The Conversation

Ukraine recap: counter-offensive gathers pace while Wagner Group takes on new role

Reports from the front lines of the various conflict zones reveal daily just how difficult Ukraine is finding its summer counter-offensive. Russia has had months to build defensive fortifications and Ukrainian troops are having to fight their way through territory which – according to Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s…

The Independent UK

‘Extremely dangerous’ Wagner fighters seeking to destabilise Nato, Poland warns

The mercenaries have been training Belarusian forces close to the Polish border in recent weeks

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 526 of the invasion

Kyiv defended itself against eighth consecutive nightly drone attack; Ukrainians in Russian-occupied territory being forced to assume Russian citizenship, study finds

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