A foreign power is preparing to attack. It comes after the expiry of a sunday deadline from west African Regional bloc ecowas, which demanded the coup be reversed. The group now plans to hold an Emergency Summit on thursday. Meanwhile, the United States is suspending more than 100 million in aid to niger. But officials insist theres still time to solve the crisis. The window of opportunity is definitely still open. We believe that they should step aside and allow president Mohamed Bazoum to resume his duties, today, tomorrow, anytime in the nearfuture. They dont want to put a time when that window be close, would you say that using diplomacy to achieve this objective is our top priority with respect to niger. Our correspondent chris ewokor following the story from neighbouring nigeria. It is one day after the expiration of the ultimatum given to niger coup leaders by ecowas to reinstate president Mohamed Bazoum. The leaders are due to meet on thursday this week to deliberate on the pro
Among the injured are at least 19 police officers, five rescuers, and a child. The head of the Donetsk Region said the strikes damaged a hotel as well as shops and administrative buildings. Meanwhile, ukraines Intelligence Agency announced that it arrested a woman in connection with an alleged assassination plot against president zelensky. The woman was allegedly preparing a russian airstrike in the mikolaiv region during mr zelensky s visit to the area. Our ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse has more. So these are quite interesting allegations emerging from the southern mykolaiv region. Sources at the Security Forces have told us they have arrested a woman who is accused of travelling around the local area, taking pictures of Different Military sites, and sharing them with her russian handlers. But these are part of a string of allegations which include her trying to get hold of the itinerary of an official visit by president zelensky and trying to share that with moscow, which wo
As well as other measures that could help them resolve this situation in niger diplomatically. but the leaders will want to make very clear that coup or military takeover of government in this region will no longer be acceptable. meanwhile, here in sokoto in north western nigeria, the border remains closed against niger. not too far away from here at the border post, long lines of vehicles, lorries carrying loads covered with tarpaulin, have been stranded with their drivers sleeping under them or even sitting there waiting to hear the latest development about the border. some of them told me they had been stranded for nearly two weeks. but the nigerian customs boss said border closure is in compliance with the ecowas resolutions.
The expiration of the ultimatum given to niger coup leaders by ecowas to reinstate president mohamed bazoum. the leaders are due to meet on thursday this week to deliberate on the proposals by ecowas defence chiefs, as well as other measures that will help them resolve this situation in niger diplomatically. but the leaders will want to make very clear that coup or military takeover of government in this region will no longer be acceptable. meanwhile, here in sokoto in north western nigeria, the border remains closed against niger. not too far away from here at the border post, long lines of vehicles, lorries carrying loads covered with tarpaulin, have been stranded with their drivers sleeping under them or even sitting there waiting to hear the latest development about the border. some of them told me they had been stranded for nearly two weeks. but the nigerian customs boss said border closure is in compliance with the ecowas resolutions.