Force to reinstate nigers president , mohamed bazoum, after he was ousted by members of the president ial guard last week. The bbc s Nancy Kacungira has this breakdown of the issues as we know it. Niger is the largest country in west africa. Its a key part of the sahel region. Thats the belt of land that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the red sea. Now, this is a territory thats been Destabilised Byjihadists and military regimes, and thats one reason why niger is so important. It was seen as an oasis of the walk an otherwise troubled reason. So, what went wrong . The soldiers said they staged a coup because of the lack of Good Government and insecurity in the country. Translation the government and insecurity in the country. Translation the action of the cns pete country. Translation the action of the cns pete is country. Translation the action of the cns pete is motivated country. Translation the action of the cns pete is motivated by country. Translation the action of the cns pe
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this whole thing has been one of the great blessings of my life. and back in belfast a standing ovation for an emotional bill clinton 25 years after he helped negotiate the good friday agreement. and coming up on bbc news: a champions league semifinal is within reach of manchester city. they beat bayern munich first time around, can they do the same again in germany later? good evening. the cost of living rose more than expected last month thanks largely to the soaring price of food. inflation, that s the rate at which prices are increasing, was 10.1% in march. down from 10.4% in february. but analysts had expected it drop more than that. the rising cost of food and drink takes a lot of the blame it has gone up by almost 20% in a year. our cost of living correspondent colletta smith reports. here come the sausages. it s hot dinner day in this little community kitchen in halifax. started off with about ten potions. in eight weeks it s grown to almost 150 portions. demand
much milder as a result. i think a largely cloudy picture today compared to yesterday, more cloud developing across southern areas and patchy rain courtesy of this weather front affecting scotland where we will see most of the rain, but further patches of drizzle across western hills. much of the rain affecting the highlands and argyll but much milder compared to yesterday. some sunshine for the north east of scotland, patchy drizzle for northern ireland, western england and wales at times, staying dry with limited sunshine across the south east, winds later in the south, could be nine or ten across the south east but the milder spot by far is the far north east of scotland, 13 or 1a in aberdeen. stein blushed further rain at times across the north and west of scotland this evening at times across the north and west of scotland this evening and overnight, perhaps some light drizzle staying blustery with further rain at times. i think mild, not such a widespread frost acros
is a global challenge which we will continue to work with other countries in order to make that change on global warming. arsenal player pablo mari is among several injured in a stabbing in italy which left one person dead and in sweden, resesarchers say they re close to completing the first crash test dummy based on an average woman. space probes have witnessed a big impact crater being formed on mars the largest in the solar system ever caught in the act of excavation. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the world s richest man, elon musk, has completed his long running £38 billion takeover of the social media company, twitter. the entrepreuner tweeted the bird is freed, in an apparent reference to the deal closing. mr musk also posted a longer statement on twitter, saying he didn t buy the firm to make more money. i did it to try to help humanity, whom i love . there are reports that a number of senior executives have been sacked an