niger is a key part of africa s 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. and on sunday, the regional bloc ecowas made up of 15 west african countries gave the coup leaders in niger one week to restore democratic rule, or face what it called all necessary mea ns . let s talk to beatriz de leon cobo from the security think tank the royal united services institute. thank you for being here with us on bbc news. your assessment, first, of what we are seeing in niger? thank ou ve what we are seeing in niger? thank you very much- what we are seeing in niger? thank you very much. right what we are seeing in niger? thank you very much. right now - what we are seeing in niger? thank you very much. right now we - what we are seeing in niger? thank you very much. right now we are i you very much. right now we are seeing lots of confusion. i have t