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 countrys 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 africas 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 in niger one week to restore
allies in burkina faso and mali transit reach out to leaders and make friends with them. it is transit reach out to leaders and make friends with them.- make friends with them. it is a fluid and complicated - make friends with them. it is a | fluid and complicated situation, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. there has been extensive coverage of the story. and of course there s been extensive coverage of this story on bbc focus on africa. the programme presenter wahiga mwaura. what began as a coup seven days ago in one of west africa s largest countries, niger, is something that has caused divisions within the country, within the region, within the continent and the world as well. and that s what we ll be focusing on, on focus on africa at 1730, british standard time, as we look at what different countries are saying, which side they are taking within the coup. that s something, matthew, that will really be focusing on why they are making those decisions and also what the regional im