gather intelligence, and send details to the chinese authorities. we re calling him alim, and concealing his identity. he s a refugee living in the uk. it was an audio call through wechat. when they called me, i recorded it with my other phone. alim has shared recordings of those calls. we ve adapted a few to mask key details. we paid a visit to your family in xinjiang. my colleague collected their details. if you want to see them, i can set up a video call. yes, please arrange that. i just want to talk to them and find out how they are. i won t ask about anything else. 0k. no problem. i ll arrange that for you. alim was granted a very unusual video call with his mother. the officer connected them by holding two mobile phones facing each other. he used one phone to connect with my mother, and then he used another phone to contact me, allowing me to see my mother through his screen. when i saw my mother, i couldn t contain my emotions. it had been 6 7 years since i last saw he
when they called me, i recorded it with my other phone. alim has shared recordings of those calls. we ve adapted a few to mask key details. we paid a visit to your family in xinjiang. my colleague collected their details. if you want to see them, i can set up a video call. yes, please arrange that. i just want to talk to them and find out how they are. i won t ask about anything else. ok, no problem. i ll arrange that for you. alim was granted a very unusual video call with his mother. the officer connected them by holding two mobile phones facing each other. he used one phone to connect with my mother, and then he used another phone to contact me, allowing me to see my mother through his screen. when i saw my mother, i couldn t contain my emotions. it had been six to seven years since i last saw her, and it was an incredibly heart wrenching moment. there was a price to pay. the officer wanted something in return. we ve heard that the uyghur activists are planning to meet nex
moving closer to russia, which happened after coups in neighbouring burkina faso and mali. later, leaders from the 15 countries that make up the economic community of west african states, and the eight leaders from the west african economic and monetary union, will meet to discuss their response. brandon kendhammer is politics professor at ohio university and expert on politics in west africa. hejoins us now. thank you and welcome to the programme. what is your take on what we are witnessing in niger right now? right now? good morning. i think what right now? good morning. i think what we right now? good morning. i think what we are right now? good morning. i l think what we are witnessing right now? good morning. i. think what we are witnessing is likely the consolidation of any military regime. enough time has passed now that we have a general sense of who was in charge or who would like to be in charge and while we have seen a fair bit of international response at t
detaining the president, mohamed bazoum. on friday, the head of the presidential guards unit, general abdourahmane tchiani, declared himself niger s new leader, saying insecurity, economic woes and corruption prompted him to seize power. the us, the eu, and france, niger s former colonial ruler, say they won t recognise the coup leaders, with some suspending security cooperation and budgetary aid. there are concerns among many countries over which states niger s new leader will align with, potentially moving closer to russia, as happened after coups in neighbouring burkina faso and mali. later, leaders from the 15 countries that make up ecowas, the economic community of west african states, and the eight leaders from the west african economic and monetary union will meet to discuss their response. earlier, chris ewokor, who is following the story from neighbouring nigeria. well, right now in niger, things are happening quite fast. earlier today, one of the members of the mili