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Africa 54: Gabon Military Coup, Niger Humanitarian Aid Requests and More
Army officers in Gabon have overthrown President Ali Bongo only hours after the nation’s election commission announced that he had won a third term. United Nations officials say sanctions on Niger are crippling and are blocking the flow vital humanitarian aid -- and are asking ECOWAS for exemptions. And Steam Fun Fest takes Nigeria by storm as the need to equip young people with digital skills skyrockets. All this and much more coming up on today’s Africa 54!
The Future of the Wagner Group in Africa
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, Haydé Adams and her guests discuss the fate of Wagner group, the Russian state-funded private military company, after its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a plane crash last week. There has been speculation about whether Wagner will continue its operations on the African continent and to what extent. Guests include Danila Galperovich, VOA Russian Service correspondent, Andrea Ngombet, founder of the Sassoufit Collective, Vanda Felbab-Brown, director of the Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors at Brookings Institution.
