trade can only happen when there is peace. peace has been threatened. there are situations of instability such as looting in this place. if it happens in niger and it is not controlled it could have some kind of repercussions. across the border in niger state run tv on monday urged people in niger to mobilise against threats to the country amid looming military action by ecowas. the statement focused on the need for citizens to reawaken their patriotic spirit in the wake of economic sanctions imposed by ecowas. neighbouring mali and burkina faso have showed solidarity to the coup leaders. they sent a junta delegation in support of the junta on monday. but the sanctions imposed on the country continue to take effect. the price of commodities have gone up and niger remains darkness, cut off from electricity supply from
week to rectify it. so, correct, that week has transpired. didn t interpret that to mean that one minute after that week they were going to intervene, now if there was really going to be an intervention, think that is what they have been planning, think it is really important for ecowas to stand on its ground and to say and to mean that they want to preserve the beginning of the democratic transition that niger was sewing and that clearly the states of ecowas are concerned about stability in the region, security and stability in the region, so i think the leadership did and had to take the move that they had. what the move that they had. what ou think the move that they had. what you think ecowas the move that they had. what you think ecowas needs - the move that they had. what you think ecowas needs to i the move that they had. what you think ecowas needs to to make that happen? i you think ecowas needs to to make that happen? you think ecowas needs to to make that happen? i don t
more details about the circumstances of this incident and also about the people who are involved. let s turn to the crisis in west africa over the military coup in niger. the country s military leaders have closed airspace and put border forces on high alert, saying the country is ready to defend itself against any foreign aggression. the announcement came a day after the generals defied an ultimatum to reinstate the elected president or face armed intervention from other west african states. in response the west african regional bloc ecowas says it will hold an emergency summit in nigeria s capital on thursday. meanwhile a delegation from the military governments of mali and burkina faso mali is on its way to niger to express solidarity with the junta. we can speak now to drj peter pharm, a former united states special envoy for the sahel region who is now a distinguished fellow on africa at the atlantic council. thank you so much for being here on
could also harm what decision the ecowas subregion or the leaders of ecowas subregion or the leaders of ecowas are likely to come up with, and it would also affect the fight against insurgency. against insurgency. chris, very close to the against insurgency. chris, very close to the border against insurgency. chris, very close to the border between i against insurgency. chris, very- close to the border between nigeria and niger, thank you for the latest. around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news. let s look at some other stories making news. new figures from the mortgage lender halifax says uk house prices have dropped for the fourth month in a row. they were down 0.3% betweenjune and july. the cost of a typical home is nowjust over £285,000. a law charity has called for any deductions for living costs taken from compensation paid to wrongly convicted people to be returned retrospectively. appeal, which last month helped quash the rape conviction of andrew mal
the other ideas trailed in the newspapers today come with bigger issues, and of course the uk government plan to take migrants waiting for their applications to be processed, sending them to live under is something that is already in the courts so there is plenty of legal argument around all of these things. but the government wants to be seen to be doing something. more from ou be seen to be doing something. more from you throughout be seen to be doing something. more from you throughout the course of the programme but thank you for now. let s turn to the crisis in west africa over the military coup in niger. the country s military leaders have closed airspace and put border forces on high alert, saying the country is ready to defend itself against any foreign aggression. the announcement came a day after the generals defied an ultimatum to reinstate the elected president or face armed intervention from other west african states. in response, the west african regional bloc ecowas sa