Your assessment of the comments from antony blinken and is this a fork in the road? it antony blinken and is this a fork in the road? , . . . ., the road? it is a critical “unction because diplomatic the road? it is a criticaljunction because diplomatic efforts - the road? it is a criticaljunction because diplomatic efforts to i because diplomatic efforts to reverse the coup have not worked. niger is one of several countries in west africa belonging to something called ecowas, the economic community of west african states, and they have got together and said enough is enough, we can t have any more, if the coup plotters were not backed down, we will intervene militarily, and the one week deadline expired on sunday. the bark is worse than its bite of ecowas and they are clearly reluctant and they have not even got in an mmc on how to intervene militarily. they have not even got unanimously. it is inevitable that the wagner group will want to move in because they have so not very
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Ecowas s bark is worse than its bite, they are reluctant and haven t got unanimity on how to intervene militarily. i think it is almost inevitable wagner want to move in there because they have been able to sew up mali, burkina faso, the central african republic, where they have a lucrative arrangement with those governments. they provide security solutions, and i use that word very broadly, because they are accused of horrendous human rights atrocities, massacres of civilians and so on, which they deny. in exchange for that, they get lucrative mineral contracts, minerals, diamonds and gold, and niger is the world s seventh largest producer of uranium. up to now, france has been getting about 15% of its uranium needs from niger. wagner would probably like to move in there, creating a coup belt of countries, and they have got operations in
Let s turn to the major political emergency unfolding in west africa following the military coup in niger. diplomatic efforts to find a resolution have stepped up with a warning from washington. speaking to the bbc the us secretary of state antony blinken has voiced his concern that niger s military leaders, might turn to the russian mercenary group wagner for help. the group is active in neighbouring countries they re seen here in the central african republic last month, and wagner s leader has welcomed the takeover. the coup leaders are currently standing firm against calls to restore democratic rule. here s what mr blinken had to say about wagner a little earlier. for sure, we have concerns when we see something like the wagner group possibly manifesting itself in different parts of the sahel. and here is why we are concerned. because every single place that this group,
Countries gather to thrash out an urgent plan to protect the rainforest. a warning from washington about the wagner mercenary group taking advantage of the coup in niger. the us secretary of state speaks to the bbc. every single place that this group, wagner group has gone, death, destruction and exploitation have followed. applause. thousands turn out in ireland for the funeral of the singer sinead o connor. the uk s elections watchdog reveals it has been the victim of a complex cyber attack potentially affecting millions of voters. hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live,