air face remains closed. there is a west africa country and the military junta that maintains they will stay in power. niger is an important part of the western strategy for security in a region called sahell and part of a dangerous neighborhood and there have been two cues if guinea and in chad and in sudan and that is why there is 1,100 u.s. troops in this country involved in counter-terrorism operations because the insurgency, huge attacks from armed groups affiliated to al qaeda there. so if this does become destabilized, that could have rippl ripple effects across the region. larry live for us. thank you. jim. this just into cnn.
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