militaryjuntas in neighbouring burkina faso and mali warned that any foreign military intervention in niger, would be considered a declaration of war on them. a french mp for emmanuel macron s renaissance party spoke to the bbc about the country s evacuation mission and said paris was left with no other choice. translation: we estimate that a few hundred people french people wish to leave, and have clearly expressed this intention, since we know that the tradition between european countries is to show solidarity. if other european countries decide to organise your evacuations, which is possible, we would work together to evacuate those who want to leave. niger is a key part of africa s sahel region which stretches from the atlantic to the red sea. burkina faso and mali, have also seen recent military coups, and say, they would come to the defence of their neighbour. on sunday, the regional bloc ecowas made up of 15 west african countries, gave the coup leaders i
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Iconic walks 120 metres between two iconic towers in qatar. hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we begin with the major security crisis unfolding in west africa. within the last hour france has said that its operation to airlift its citizens out of niger is now under way. the decision to carry out an evacuation was prompted by the worsening security situation following last week s military coup. france says it will also help other european nationals to leave. italy and spain are also preparing rescue flights. the uk has urged british nationals in niger to register location and their stay indoors. it comes after supporters of the coup, burned french flags and attacked the french embassy on sunday. the coup leaders in niger have accused france of preparing to attack.
A usa base, that france based as well with 1500 troops, french troops on site. and we ll be looking at what this all means with the leaders, the coup plotters. having stated that one of their biggest concerns was about regional insecurity, deteriorating insecurity within the country. and one then wonders, could they be looking for new allies in all this. and the name of wagner that russia backed group is one that keeps coming up. so we ll be looking at all these implications. matthew on the programme a bit later on. yes. and just rewind almost in terms of i m interested to have your assessment on why this coup has happened in the first place? so different theories have been probed, matthew, as to why this could happen. obviously, you first have to begin with what the coup plotters themselves said, and they stated that they were concerned about rising insecurity and deteriorating economic conditions within the country. but of course, we ve seen different coups happen and the reasons hav
Come back to russia in a moment but give me your analysis of the implications and significance. niger for the west, america france, is critical as an ally. critical as an ally. there s a question critical as an ally. there s a question of critical as an ally. there s a question of migration, - critical as an ally. there s a i question of migration, nigeria critical as an ally. there s a - question of migration, nigeria is the interest up from the migration route from central sudan and africa into europe. the route to libya has been blocked by certain authorities since 2015, so there is a fair around europe that the new government meant might open this route to libya and might allow more people to go to italy from libya. the other situation with officers now being busy playing politics, the western countries want container that various corporation and train informants,.