year, so this is one of the first outreach by this political party to reach out to the supporters in bajaur district on the border with afghanistan. it is a big security concerns of the pakistani government as various political parties want to get in touch with people by organising these kind of rallies and energising their workers, working out strategies of how to reach out to people, so it is a big concern for the government and the political parties. government and the political arties. ., , parties. there have been several parties. there have been several attacks. - parties. there have been several attacks. is - parties. there have been several attacks. is there | parties. there have been . several attacks. is there any connection to any recent ones that have gone on? connection to any recent ones that have gone on? therapy and increase the that have gone on? therapy and increase the number that have gone on? therapy and increase the number of - that have gone on? therapy and
environment for the whole region to grow. aneliese bernard is director of strategic stabilization advisors, a washington based risk advisory group focused on west africa. she was formally with the state department in nijerfor several years. in nigerfor several years. i spoke with her earlier. this military coup was not exactly precedented. that said, we need to be clear that niger itself has only had one democratic election, that being the one that got us president bazoum in the first place. so coups in general are somewhat of a familiar terrain for nigerians and for the government, for the region, for that matter. that said, ecowas s response to this coup is incredibly significant and probably one of the more severe responses we ve seen in the region. the last time ecowas threatened the potential use of force to dislodge the coup
well, this islamist political party is called jamiat ulema e islam fazl. it is that a member of the governing coalition at the national level. it is an influential political party in pakistan, there have been a number of rallies across the country over the years. they are seen as a hard line political party. this is not the first time they were under attack. some of the leaders were attacked a couple of years ago, they also came under attack in 2014, the leader of the group came under a suicide attack, but he escaped very narrowly. so there have been attacks on them claimed by the islamic state group in south asia chapter and also another muslim extremist group because they think this political party is not truly islamic, and that has been a controversy going on in pakistan, but this is a rude awakening and shock to political parties because the elections
back power, and said it wouldn t rule out the use of force. niger s ambassador to the united states told the bbc he would welcome military intervention if a peaceful solution was not reached. the bloc has also imposed a no fly zone on all commercial flights to and from the country, and closed all land borders between niger and member countries. aneliese bernard is director of strategic stabilization advisors, a washington based risk advisory group focused on west africa. she was formally with the state department in niger. this military coup was not exactly precedented. that said, we need to be clear that niger itself has only had one democratic election, that being the one that got us president bazoum in the first place. so coups in general are somewhat of a familiar terrain for nigeriens and for the government, for the region, for that matter.
are later this year, expected to be held later this year, so this is outraged by the political party to reach out to the supporters in this district which is on the border with afghanistan. so it is a big security concern for the pakistani government as various political parties, they want to get in touch with people by organising these kinds of rallies and energising their workers, working out strategies how to reach out to people. so it is a big concern for the government and the political parties. we know there have been several attacks. is there any connection to any recent ones that have gone on? there has been an increase in the number of attacks in northwest pakistan as well as in the province. that is a group called taliban pakistan, they called