bisa williams, thank you indeed forjoining us this evening. ecowas has activated a standby force ready to invade niger should the military faction continue to hold onto its power and should ecowas deemed that thatis and should ecowas deemed that that is needed. do you support that is needed. do you support that use of force? i’zfe that use of force? i ve personally that use of force? i ve personally think - that use of force? i ve personally think that i that use of force? i ve| personally think that is that use of force? i ve - personally think that is the most important instrument that ecowas can use as a last resort. ecowas can use as a last resort- ecowas can use as a last resort. , . , resort. they are using the justification resort. they are using the justification for resort. they are using the justification for that - resort. they are using the justification for that is - resort. they are using the justification for that is the potential for contagion in the region and
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i do think the window is, small, think the timeline is short for that and the longer that this kind of period, this period lasts, the worse it is for the nigerian people and the worse it is for mohamed bazoum the worse it is for this little coup group as well. the real hostages in this situation are of course president bazoum and his family and the nigerian people. and the military, all the military, notjust this little group that appear on television, but the rank and file ought to see that, and i think that s also now what the leadership at ecowas is conscious of. bisa williams former us ambassador to niger, thank you so much for being with us. you re welcome. thank you. earlier, my colleague caitriona perry spoke to the chairman of the house intelligence committee republican mike turner
to defend themselves, citing the threat of foreign military intervention. they claim to have information a foreign power is preparing to attack. it comes after the expiry of a sunday deadline from west african regional bloc ecowas, which demanded the coup be reversed. the group now plans to hold an emergency summit on thursday. meanwhile, the united states is suspending more than $100 million in aid to niger. but officials insist there s still time to solve the crisis. i spoke to former state department official bisa williams earlier to get insights into the situation. we are now learning more about the acting deputy secretary of state s unsuccessful attempts to negotiate some kind of settlement to see a return to power of president mohamed bazoum. why do you think she wasn t able to make any progress there?