Blinken Warns African Nations That Wagner Group Endangers Them

Says Kremlin-linked mercenaries worsen security on continent
Secretary of State spoke at end of two-country Africa visit

Antony Blinken, left, during a joint press conference with Nigerien Foreign Minister Hassoumi Massoudou in Niamey, Niger, on March 16.Photographer: Boureima Hama/AFP/Getty Images

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By Iain Marlow

March 16, 2023 at 10:10 PM UTC

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused the Russian mercenary Wagner Group of bringing violence and instability to Africa as he completed a trip intended to reassert US engagement with the continent as Russia and China have heightened their presence.