What does the US hope to achieve from Blinken’s visit to Niger?

Anthony Blinken is the first US Secretary of State to visit a West African country.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken visited Niger and described it as a model of resilience and democracy.

What is the purpose of his trip?

And what does that mean for countries and the Sahel region where Russia and China have become more active?

presenter: Sami Zaidan

The guests:

Mamane Sani – Niamey journalist and analyst

Daniel Eizenga – Research Fellow, Center for African Strategic Studies, National Defense University, Washington, DC

Kabir Adamu – Managing Director of Beacon Consulting, an enterprise security risk management and intelligence solutions provider in Nigeria and the Sahel region