joining us now from nniger, courtney kubie. what the situation like today? reporter: we were pretty surprised to see the democratic elected president of niger today. we ve seen him since this coup unfolded last wednesday, it started wednesday morning when members of his own security services took him into custody in his own presidential residence. he s been held there ever ever since. they believe that he s still in good health and they ve been able to communicate with him throughout the last six days. but the president of neighboring chad was set here as a em sarry, there was a meeting of these western african nations yesterday, they came together
President Cyril Ramaphosa has reiterated global calls for people not to panic over the Omicron COVID-19 variant - saying hospital admissions remain stable. Ramaphosa was speaking after kicking off a two-day working visit to Ghana on Saturday as part of his visit to Western African Nations.