Detaining the president , mohamed bazoum. On friday, the head of the president ial guards unit, general abdourahmane tchiani, declared himself nigers new leader, saying insecurity, economic woes and corruption prompted him to seize power. The us, the eu, and france, nigers former colonial ruler, say they wont recognise the coup leaders, with some suspending Security Cooperation and budgetary aid. There are concerns among many countries over which states nigers 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 Military Coup ca
kenya says it is ready to lead a multinationalforce in haiti, where clashes between security forces and criminal gangs have displaced tens of thousands of people. kenya s foreign minister says nairobi would deploy 1,000 police officers to the caribbean nation. the mission is subject to a mandate from the un security council and formal authorisation from the kenyan officials. earlier this month, the un secretary general, antonio guterres, called for the creation of a multinational force for haiti. earlier, i spoke to the bbc s world service latin america editor mimi swabby and asked, why kenya? the prime minister of haiti has been calling for a non eu multinational force to support the peacekeeping process. but no nation, despite multiple