Wagner mercenary boss, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has welcomed the military coup in Niger, according to an unverified audio clip. The unverified voice message appeared on a Telegram channel associated with the group, saying the takeover was long overdue.
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Paramilitary fighters have destroyed three military jets at the Wadi Seidna airbase north of the capital, Khartoum, army sources have confirmed. The RSF shot artillery shells from the eastern bank of the Nile in Bahri towards Wadi Saeedna on the western side of the river on Thursday. Deputy commander Abdul Rahim Hamdan Dagalo is brother to RSF leader Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo, known as"Hemedti".
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