"What happened in Niger is nothing other than the struggle of the people of Niger with their colonizers," Prigozhin said.
Russia has in recent weeks begun stationing tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus for the first time.
"Wherever Wagner operates, it has a catastrophic effect on communities," Britain's minister for Development and Africa Andrew Mitchell said.
Prigozhin then tells his men to behave well towards the locals and orders them to train the Belarusian army and collect their strength for a "new journey to Africa."
Despite his state of undress, Prigozhin has developed a reputation as a fashionista.
Wagner fighters played a key role in the Russian army's advance into eastern Ukraine and particularly the Battle of Bakhmut.
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin days after the attempted coup.
An adviser to Belarus' defence ministry said on Friday that nobody from the Wagner group had yet visited the disused military camp that Lukashenko had offered for the fighters' use.
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Russian media released footage of the search of Priogzhin's home.
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