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China and Wagner in Africa: Friends or foes?

Niger is the most recent point of potential friction between China and Russia's paramilitary Wagner Group. [AP Photo]

China's "friendship without limits" with Russia may be tested in Africa, where Beijing's long-established economic interests are at risk of clashing with the growing footprint of Moscow's paramilitary Wagner Group.

The most recent point of potential friction is Niger, where leaders of a July 26 military coup are reported by The Associated Press to have reached out to Wagner for help in cementing their hold on power.

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