| Title: | Russia’s Wagner mercenaries landing in Niger? No, ‘breaking news’ video shot in 2006 – Africa Check |
| URL: | https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/meta-programme-fact-checks/russias-wagner-mercenaries-landing-niger-no-breaking-news |
| Publisher: | Africa Check |
| Date published: | September 13, 2023 |
| Description: | Niger’s coup leaders did reportedly ask Russia’s Wagner mercenaries help them hold on to power. But a video circulating online with the claim it shows a planeload of Wagner soldiers landing in Niger in 2023 is 17 years old. |
Russia’s Wagner mercenaries landing in Niger? No, ‘breaking news’ video shot in 2006 – Africa Check
Niger's coup leaders did reportedly ask Russia's Wagner mercenaries help them hold on to power. But a video circulating online with the claim it shows a planeload of Wagner soldiers landing in Niger in 2023 is 17 years old.
