Moving closer to russia, which happened after coups in neighbouring burkina faso and mali. Later, leaders from the 15 countries that make up the Economic Community of west african states, and the eight leaders from the west African Economic and monetary union, will meet to discuss their response. Brandon kendhammer is politics professor at Ohio University and expert on politics in west africa. Hejoins us now. Thank you and welcome to the programme. What is your take on what we are witnessing in niger right now . Right now . Good morning. I think what right now . Good morning. I think what we right now . Good morning. I think what we are right now . Good morning. I l think what we are witnessing right now . Good morning. I. Think what we are witnessing is likely the consolidation of any Military Regime. Enough time has passed now that we have a general sense of who was in charge or who would like to be in charge and while we have seen a fair bit of International Response at this point,
this meeting this morning, it seems unlikely at this point that there is going to be immediate action to restore civilian government to niger soon. ., . y civilian government to niger soon. . , ., ., , soon. to any organisation is meeting soon. to any organisation is meeting on soon. to any organisation is meeting on this, soon. to any organisation is meeting on this, and - soon. to any organisation is i meeting on this, and obviously there was 15 days notice for civilian rule to be stalled, did they have any teeth to make change? i certainly think they have some mechanisms in place and some ability to influence things. 3 and some ability to influence thins. ., ., ., things. a lot of it what will come down things. a lot of it what will come down to things. a lot of it what will come down to is things. a lot of it what will come down to is how - things. a lot of it what will| come down to is how much support there is from the key actors in niger who may be swayed one way o
the regime and take most of the money that they can, so of no benefit to the nigerian people. so there s a real interest in maximising the pressure now to restore civilian government. that s what the west is trying to do. if that fails, then, yes, there is a risk that the coup leaders will turn to whoever will offer them support. and the first in line is mr prigozhin. president putin is talking after a meeting with african leaders, he have been talking about the war in ukraine of course but also their meeting with these african leaders, saying they were friendly, there were attempts to resolve the situation in ukraine. he was asked about making any changes, he was talking about making any changes in the ukraine front and he said there had been no serious changes for now,
the regime and take most of the money that they can, so of no benefit to the nigerian people. so there s a real interest in maximising the pressure now to restore civilian government. that s what the west is trying to do. if that fails, then, yes, there is a risk that the coup leaders will turn to whoever will offer them support. and the first in line is mr prigozhin. england cricketer stuart broad has announced he will retire after the conclusion of the fifth ashes test at the oval. the 37 year old bowler has taken 602 wickets in 167 tests, making him the second most successful paceman in test history, behind team mate james anderson. he has been one of england s great performers in ashes cricket, taking a record 151 test wickets against australia. the tributes are already pouring in, here s great aussie bowler