Russian military instructors have arrived in Niger with an air defence system and other equipment as part of the West African nation's deepening security ties with Moscow, state television announced late on Thursday. Niger's military government agreed in January to step up security cooperation with Russia, after expelling French forces that were helping fight jihadist rebellions in several Sahel nations.
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