A video of soldiers from Burkina Faso browsing an arms exhibition at the July 2023 Russia-Africa Summit in St Petersburg is being falsely claimed online to show personnel from Niger.
“Niger Republic Army showing readiness as they jet to Russia to acquire weapons to speak to ECOWAS soldiers in a language they will understand.
There is no evidence that the soldiers in the video are with Niger’s military.
Part of the video was filmed by Russia state-owned network Zvezda TV, which also said it showed Burkinabe soldiers examining weapons at the July 27-28 meet (here) (here).
The video shows soldiers from Burkina Faso, not Niger.
Persons:
Ibrahim Traore, Mohamed Bazoum, Abdourahamane Tiani, Read
Organizations:
Africa, Posts, Facebook, Nigerien, West African, ECOWAS, “ Niger, Army, Zvezda TV, Reuters, Roscongress Foundation
Locations:
Burkina Faso, Russia, St Petersburg, Niger, “