intervention in niger with lead to a protracted confrontation and a sharp destabilisation of the whole region. equis said on thursday it was putting its military on standby, the forces on alert ecoas. 0ur africa correspondence in this report. the fallout from niger s coup is already starting to hit ordinary people. sanctions have cut off imports, causing the prices of popular staples to go up. this woman owns a small business selling food in the capital, niamey. translation: the price of rice has increased, . but also that of cooking oil. an increase of $4 us injust one week. this causes us problems because if i prepare the rice, i can t sell it. no profit, only losses. niger s soldiers seized
promotes russia as a better partner for africa than the old colonial powers. ibrahim suleiman is a tailor and says he has been inundated with orders. translation: it was with | the advent of the coup that i started sewing flags, especially russian flags. people come to buy them a lot because they use them to support our soldiers who ve taken power. people buy them because we are in conflict with france. foryears, france has only caused us problems and the military wants to put an end to it. france sees its former colony niger as an important security partner, but it s been accused of having too much influence in the country. and the military takeover has unleashed anti french sentiments.
international partners have cut aid and some have imposed sanctions to try to convince the army to step down. but the coup leaders appear to have popular support because they oppose the influence of france, niger s former colonial ruler. some are calling for closer ties with russia instead. 0ur africa correspondent catherine byaruhanga reports. the fallout from niger s coup is already starting to hit ordinary people. sanctions have cut off imports, causing the prices of popular staples to go up. this woman owns a small business selling food in the capital, niamey. translation: the price of rice has increased, . but also that of cooking oil. an increase of $4 us injust one week. this causes us problems because if i prepare the rice, i can t sell it. no profit, only losses.
but what about hunter biden, why is he not in court facing charges? and so that shows you how these cases have become intertwined and just how political they really are. maw; political they really are. many thanks, sarah political they really are. many thanks, sarah smith, - political they really are. many thanks, sarah smith, our- political they really are. many i thanks, sarah smith, our north america editor. it s been more than two weeks since military officers in niger in west africa seized control of the country, deposing the president. international partners have cut aid and some have imposed sanctions to try to convince the army to step down. but the coup leaders appear to have popular support because they oppose the influence of france, niger s former colonial ruler. some are calling for closer ties with russia instead. 0ur africa correspondent catherine byaruhanga sent this report. the fallout from niger s coup is starting to bite. sanctions have cut off imports causing the
he would almost certainly attempt to pardon himself, where he found guilty in this case or in any other likely court cases against him. peter trubowitz, as ever, thank you for your thoughts on bbc news. niger s ousted leader has urged the us and entire international community to help restore constitutional order after last week s coup. writing in the washington post, president mohamed bazoum said he was writing as a hostage . unrest has erupted in the west african state since he was overthrown. 0ur africa correspondent catherine byaru hanga is following events for us in nairobi. we don t know how he managed to get this message to the washington post. he s been under military detention for a week now. the military who took power from him were actually his presidential guards that were meant to be guarding him in the presidential palace. but despite his circumstances, he was really critical of the army in niger.