adrian: al jazeera's ahmed idris reporting from abuja. many thanks.he region of course is no stranger to military coups, which have toppled several governments in recent years. niger is just the latest. two weeks ago, mohamed bazoum was detained by members of his presidential guard. in august 2020, mali's army ousted their president after mass antigovernment protests. an interim civilian government was appointed, but then forced out, and today mali remains under military rule. in september 2021, soldiers in neighboring guinea overthrew their president following a disputed election and his campaign for a third term. last year in burkina faso, there was not one, but two coups within months of each other. an army captain remains in control there. also last year, 11 people were killed during a failed coup in guinea-bissau. so let's bring in our guests for today's discussion. from abuja, we're joined by idayat hassan, director of the center for democracy and development policy and research organization focusing on democracy and development in west africa.

of the americans and the cessation of assistance to the niger was synchronized with the release of abuja first plan. will intervention be a question, if you consider eco you as a football team nigeria is the most expensive and dangerous forward 215.000 soldiers impressive military equipment, the fourth largest force on the continent plays well in the air on the ground is ready to form a plan including air intervention, but the french press is in doubt that nigeria will want to play for paris out of abuja's personal motives, only her energy ambitions to sell her gas and europe along the trans-saharan route the transit will take place in a week, with which nigeria and algeria and so agree for a long time by the state with their imposition of their lng on europe. the longer the africans delay, the better, but for france inside the african gas intrigues and not the main thing is to protect the image. and uranus therefore, if you put it, probably, paris under a divoir or chat, where france, after leaving the moth and burgen, still has it. the entire military, but the chat said that he was for

. >> west african leaders arrived in abuja to discuss their next move.his comes after the niger junta ignores orders to stand down after the power grab. all diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis have been rejected by the military leaders. now they are ramping up pressures to restore democracy using this directive. >> we are activating the ecowas standby force with all of its elements immediately. order the deployment of the eco-us standby -- egcowas standby force to return stability to the republic of niger. >> the block also reiterated its commitment to finding a peaceful resolution. earlier, the junta took to national tv to announce a new government. with niger is deposed president mohamed bezoum under house arrest, concerns are growing about his well-being. >> we are concerned about reports that the president and his family and his -- and his family are reported to be living without electricity, water, food or medicine, and continue to be arbitrarily detained by memory is of the presidential guard in niger -- members of the presidential guard in ni

this follows developments from abuja in neighboring nigeria. >> it has several implications.irst of all, niger officially is isolated diplomatically and economically, and if countries who have signed the au charter are bound to respect any other sanctions imposed by the african union, that means more trouble for niger. already the sanctions imposed by the community of west african states include closing borders, stopping imports and exports into the country, cutting off financial and economic supplies to the country, is biting very, very hard at the moment, but again, countries like algeria, mauritania in particular, who have been warning against taking unrestrained measures like military invasion in that country, if they are forced to take action to close off their borders, that will restrict niger's access to external supplies like food and medicine. we know burkina faso and mali are willing to engage, but if this resolution is enforced, that would mean more trouble, but again, if you look at the au resolutions, they are talking about the review of all sanctions or rather t

this is despite the fact that abuja did not supply we with about 70% of the necessary capacities, ifsident bazum is not reinstated, this will firstly lead to institutional chaos, because in the country there will be two presidents, one legal and december 1 - this is then the western countries will stop all their military economic and financial assistance. instead, they are witnessing a serious deterioration in the security and even humanitarian situation. what the jihadists of the overthrown will primarily take advantage of, all of its president's military continue to tighten measures at critical infrastructure sites patrolled the main highways increased security measures at the airport not and we in addition , the military sent reinforcements to areas that border on nigeria and lenin . they fear that the intervention may begin in this zone because of this khromtsov message from evgeny zemtsov. by the end of the year, the government will allocate another billion rubles for the development of children's recreation in russia. with this money , about 100 buildings for children will be b

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very strong words from the president of the ivory coast on the back of last week's ekoas summit in abuja. he described the detention of niger's president as nothing short of terrorism and promised to supply a battalion of troops to any kind of potential intervention force. but then of course, you've got to look at countries like ghana, which are facing serious opposition here by opposition parties for any kind of military action in niger. it's a similar kind of scenario in various countries across the region. then of course, there is the major security concern and causing a wider war. we already know that burkina faso and mali have said any military intervention in niger would constitute a declaration of war on themselves. and then of course, there are a whole host of armed groups operating right the way across the sahel region, groups affiliated to isil and al-qaeda that have killed thousands of people, forced millions already to flee their homes. we were in northern ghana on the border with burkina faso. the ghanaian authorities, they're very concerned about any kind of military interv

heads of states are meeting today in abuja, nigeria's capital, and to discuss the developments in nigerrn back several african union, united nations and envoys that have tried to mediate the crisis and restore ousted president mohamed bazoum to power. so we are expecting them to come up with new direction on what they would do following the expiration of the ultimatum they gave the junta last sunday. and this could go many ways, although they had said they would continue to explore diplomatic and political resolutions, but they have not ruled out a military intervention. what do we know about president bazoum and the conditions that he's being kept in? well, sara, the united nations secretary general, antonio guterres issued a statement late yesterday saying that he has received a concerning news about president bazoum's state of health and the conditions he and his family members are kept in in captivity of the military junta. we understand that he has not had access to his doctors nor medication nor food supplies, that he's actually run out of stock. we also understand that he has not

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before we go, let's take you very briefly to abuja in the nigeria where people are meeting to discussbe cross that on the bbc, stay with us. the warmest weather we've seen for some time but it may not last long because on the satellite picture we can see this rubber cloud out to the west, a front that will bring something of a change. ahead of that, a feed of southerly winds and some warm air spreading across the uk. feeling quite humid in places. while we will continue to see some spells of sunshine, there are some quite large areas of cloud around and one or two showers breaking out. some across wales, some parts of england, more cloud generally rolling into northern ireland with a strength and breeze. but in the best of the sunshine, highs of 27 or 28 degrees. i mentioned that weather front out to the west, that is going to make its move as we head through this evening and tonight bringing some outbreaks of potentially heavy and thundery rain across northern ireland, up across scotland. some patchy rain into northern england, not very much rain further south but a fair amount not v

as this delegation was in niger, military chiefs from west africa were meeting in nigeria's capital abujaintervention in niger. now, any kind of military action would have severe consequences, not only for the people of niger who would suffer security and humanitarian crisis, but also for its neighbours. and so, in the past few days, we have seen politicians in west africa rowing back from this threat to use force. for example, nigeria's president bola tinubu, who is the chairman of ecowas, said he wanted to see an amicable resolution of this crisis. now, a lot of people — even though the international community really wants to see the army step down in nigeria —— in niger and for a civilian government to be reinstated, that's going to be incredibly difficult because the military has really dug in there and says it won't leave power. there have also been sanctions against the military in niger. aid has been cut. and the reality of that is that it's actually going to be nigeriens, millions of people already living in one of the world's poorest countries, who are going to face the brunt of

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intervention isn't officially off the table because we have had military chiefs from west africa meeting in abujaria's capital. there they have been tasked with drawing up possible military plans to invade niger. that meeting has been happening and they're meant to report back to the heads of state of west african nations. but at the same time we have been hearing a softening of the language from politicians in west africa, saying a military intervention would be the last resort. for example, the must powerful leader in west africa at the moment, the president of nigeria, bola tinubu, said he would like an amicable resolution of this crisis. as you can imagine, any military action would have severe consequences for people in niger, but also for neighbouring countries as well. in terms of what the president was saying in the washington post, that there are huge implications for the west and troubling implications in terms of what is happening in the whole sahel region, isn't there? a lot of people might not have heard of niger before this crisis or know where it is, but so much of our world is int

he's in abuja. can you put into context who has influence in niche air at the moment?e hearing concerns about russia and the magna group being there. there are the neighbouring countries as well who also have the military and control. who has the most sway? this is a unique situation. you have many powers in the share that are driving the situation and trying to find a resolution. you have west africa, eco as he is trying to find a solution, you have other countries in the region, you have chad's. there is france, the united states, other old colonial powers. in terms of the actual influences on niche air, it is primarily domestic. you have the military groups within the country that are actively trying to find a solution.— country that are actively trying to find a solution. when we talk about a way forward _ find a solution. when we talk about a way forward and _ find a solution. when we talk about a way forward and a _ find a solution. when we talk about a way forward and a resolution, - find a solution. when we talk about | a way forward and a resolution, what exac

this is nigerian president bola tinubu speaking from yesterday's emergency ecowas summit in abuja. >> as you will see from the summit, there's no option taken off the table, including the use of force as a last resort. we remain steadfast in our commitment to supporting nigeria in a journey towards peaceful and democratic stability. amy: the associated press reports he nigerian military coup leaders threatened to kill deposed president mohamed bazoum if any military action was attempted to restore his rule. meanwhile, the intercept is reporting the u.s. has trained at least five members of the new ruling junta in niger. the u.s. has since paused security assistance to niger's military. african officers trained by the u.s. military have now taken part in 11 coups in west africa since 2008, including in burkina faso and mali. in ecuador, one suspect is dead and six others have been arrested in connection with the assassination of ecuadorian presidential candidate fernando villavicencio. officials said all suspects in custody are colombian and alleged members of a drug trafficking group.

about the evacuation of americans and the cessation of assistance to the niger has synchronized with abuja'sl team nigeria - the most expensive and dangerous forward 215.000 soldiers and impressive military equipment, the fourth largest force on the continent is playing well in the air on the ground is ready to form a plan, including air intervention, but the french press doubts that nigeria will want to play for paris for personal reasons abuja only has its energy ambitions to sell its gas to europe via the trans-sahara route transit will take place in a week, with which nigeria and algeria agree for a long time by the state with their imposition of their lng on europe. the longer it drags on. the africans are better, but for france inside the african gas intrigue. not the main thing, the main thing is to protect the image. and uranus therefore, if you put it, probably, ivory coast or chat, where france, after leaving the moth, has more burgenofoss. that is, the military, but the chat said that he was for dialogue and reminded you that it’s not included in you to lower the french into battl

also expecting this meeting today, ecowas countries coming together, military chiefs, starting in abujahe question of how does the situation in niger actually get resolved? so, what its neighbours are saying, ecowas in particular, this is the regional bloc in west africa, is that the military that's taken power should hand power back to the former president, mohamed bazoum, but the military there are refusing to do this. now, what ecowas has threatened is that if this handing back of power does not happen by the weekend, that they could potentially use force against the coup leaders in the country. but when you speak to people who monitor the situation in the region, they say it seems highly unlikely that ecowas will go ahead with some kind of military intervention, and on top of that, we are seeing other countries in the region, so, for example, burkina faso, mali, guinea, countries are also led by the army, they are standing by the new niger military leaders, so there is a huge international conundrum on how to resolve this situation, especially because niger is so crucial in the figh