kabir adamu, can i come to you first in abuja?er is not the first, and i doubt it is going to be the last, country to experience a coup in the region. they happen pretty often. but what is going wrong here? kabir: thank you. what the coup plotters have announced as their reasons, they have mentioned two things, security and the economy. however, the reality of what we see in niger and other countries is when the military takes over, they are not able to address these two issues. in terms of what is actually happening on the ground, sadly, the sahel region and most parts of west africa have been afflicted by different elements, especially the influence of nonstate armed groups that are ideologically based. so in particular, there are several ideological groups that are affiliated with the global terrorist groups, islamic state, al qaeda. niger has its share of influence of groups. to an extent, yes, security is a challenge. and then, of course, the economy, too. what happened after covid-19. and then, of course, the impact of the r