[UPDATE-Aug 9-23:45Z] Tensions Rise on Nigeria-Niger Border After Ultimatum to Rebels Expires

Prime minister denies information about presence of Wagner PMC in Niger Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou, Prime Minister of Niger, where the military carried out a coup, denied information about the presence of fighters from the Wagner private military company in the country. “I cannot confirm their presence, it is impossible,” the prime minister told Saudi TV channel Asharq News while in Paris, commenting on the allegations circulated by certain outlets that Wagner forces may be in Niger or close to its borders on the territory of Mali. “There are no Wagner forces on the border between Mali and Niger, there are Islamist…