against armed intervention. france says it will support efforts by ecowas to restore niger s elected president. i ve been speaking to cameron hudson, a senior the prime minister of niger was meeting protesters against the coup is the embassy. i ve been speaking to cameron hudson, a senior associate at the centre for strategic and international studies africa programme. i asked him how likely it is that we ll see military intervention in niger. i think it is very unlikely at this stage. it was already unlikely before the deadline passed, it became less likely yesterday when the nigerian parliament voted to deny the president and use of nigeria s military to stage an intervention. this was always a lot of blustery talk from ecowas, trying to ratchet up pressure on the junta. the junta called their bluff by calling in reinforcements from mali and niger, creating the possibility
on berlin because of the bay line is the only body remaining. contributing countries like senegal are benign and will not have enough troops to go and invade niger. and if nigeria is out then it is really going to be very impossible to pursue any military intervention at this stage. it pursue any military intervention at this staue. , , , ., this stage. it begs the question, wh was this stage. it begs the question, why was the this stage. it begs the question, why was the deadline this stage. it begs the question, why was the deadline given - this stage. it begs the question, why was the deadline given in i this stage. it begs the question, | why was the deadline given in the first place then? i why was the deadline given in the first place then? first place then? i think it was a hasty decision first place then? i think it was a hasty decision that first place then? i think it was a hasty decision that was - first place then? i think it was a hasty decision that was made i fi
the west african regional bloc, ecowas, gave the coup leaders a week to reinstate the ousted president, mohamed bazoum, and threatened military intervention if its demands were not met. there ve been reports of sporadic shows of support for the junta on the streets of the capital niamey but the city is said to be calm. some neighbouring countries mali, burkina faso and guinea have voiced support for the coup leaders. and algeria which borders niger to the north has said it is categorically against armed intervention. france,a former colonial power, says it will support efforts by ecowas to restore niger s elected president. niger s prime minister was in paris on saturday ? meeting lawmakers and greeting protestors outside the country s embassy. he has dismissed pro coup protests taking place in his country.
independence, france has had a strong hold on niger. both economically and politically. and they say that france has not helped in any way to curb the islamist and jihadist operations in that part of the sa region. and so they believe that it was time for a change to see if the military would bring them that much desired change. but on the flip side, civil society groups and other private individuals also believe that they want democracy to continue as it would offer them the freedom of expression and their human rights would be protected. 50 human rights would be protected. so the coup leaders do not seem to be budging, ecowas is also very clear about what they want to see happening, democracy restored. what else can ecowas do aside from a military intervention to encourage the coup leaders to restore democracy?
france and other international powers that are suspending development assistance and could suspend military assistance to the country, so there is a lot more pressure that the international community can bring to bear on the situation in niger. i just want to ask about this morning from the ousted president, who says that the whole region could fall under russia s influence via the wagner group. can you talk us through what roles russia and france play in the region? france has traditionally played a major role in the region, it has been a security partner to niger and many other countries in the region for decades, frankly. obviously, as the counterterrorism fight has gotten more serious and severe, we have seen france s role increase in many of these countries. but in a place like niger, they have been trying, i think, a new approach allowing the nigeriens to really lead