France says it has no plans to withdraw around 1,000 of its soldiers based in niger where they are part of an International Effort to fight islamist militants. Aichatou kane is the nigerian ambassador to paris and the uk she has been in contact with president bazoum in niger and just before we came on air she told me how he is doing. The president of niger. Effectively, we have a daily call and is still a serious threat. But he is well and his morale is high as well as his familys morale. Does he think there will be a solution . And does he know when hell be freed . No, no, he dont talk with us on his terms. But as you know, the Prime Minister of niger is here in paris with him. We exchanged on the prevailing situation in niger, which is most worrying. And what is the Prime Minister saying . 0ur exchange is about the niger situation. We think together that this unfortunate event for our country cannot be caused by any internal crisis on all fronts. We are on a good trajectory, particul
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Militaryjuntas in neighbouring burkina faso and mali warned that any Foreign Military intervention in niger, would be considered a Declaration Of War on them. A french mp for emmanuel macron s Renaissance Party spoke to the bbc about the countrys Evacuation Mission and said paris was left with no other choice. Translation we estimate that a few hundred people french people wish to leave, and have clearly expressed this intention, since we know that the tradition between European Countries is to show solidarity. If other European Countries decide to organise your evacuations, which is possible, we would Work Together to evacuate those who want to leave. Niger is a key part of africas sahel region which stretches from the atlantic to the red sea. Burkina faso and mali, have also seen recent military coups, and say, they would come to the defence of their neighbour. On sunday, the Regional Bloc ecowas made up of 15 west african countries, gave the coup leaders in niger one week to restore
hello and welcome to bbc news. the vatican says pope francis has spent a good night in hospital after being admitted with a respiratory infection. a spokesman said he had been experiencing breathing difficulties, but they also confirmed he was not suffering from covid. the bbc s davide ghiglione is outside the hospital in rome. a spokesperson informed journalists that he spent a peaceful night at the hospital. so his condition remains stable at the moment. the vatican is trying to reassure journalists, people and catholics all over the world. according to italian news agency ansa, the pope should be discharged within the next couple of days. and he should be able to celebrate next sunday s mass. everybody knows at the vatican that the pope has been particularly weak over the last couple of months. we do know already that he was forced to use a wheelchair. so it could be quite tiring for him even if he is able to attend all the ceremonies and easter celebrations. we can get mo