In a video message, Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin says he will fight jihadists in Africa. Since the pro-Russian coup in Niger, the Wagner group has been gaining influence in West Africa. But the local branch of Al Qaeda does not like to see them come. What does this mean for Europe? Will Wagner withdraw from Ukraine? “New attacks in the West are not inconceivable,” says terror expert Pieter Van Ostaeyen (KU Leuven).
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Why Wagner boss Prigozhin exchanges Ukraine for the fight against jihadists: “A new caliphate is emerging in West Africa”
