‘The U.S. cannot really afford to leave Niger, regardless of the outcome’: CSIS Africa director

Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, director and senior fellow of the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins Meet the Press NOW to break down the attempted coup in Niger, and concerns about Russian influence in the Western African region. Plus, NBC News Pentagon Correspondent Courtney Kube reports from Niger.

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