chris is following the story for us. there s a lot of pressure on the coup leaders in niger. this is as a result of the coup, the political development in that country and also its similar to the eu s position. it s similar to the eu s position. the eu has suspended aid, both financial and military to these states. the secretary of state earlier threatened that the country risks millions of dollars in aid is being suspended because of the coup and there has been action from the african union which has given the military in niger 50 days maximum to return to the barracks and restore democracy. they ve also asked for the release of the current president who we know it is still being held by the military. we who we know it is still being held by the military- who we know it is still being held by the military. we go live now to can hudson by the military. we go live now to can hudson who by the military. we go live now to can hudson who is by the military. we go live now
but we are also very focused on working together with partners to try to help the haitians restore security, restore stability. that really is the necessary foundation. the developments happen as a christian aid group says an american nurse and her child have been kidnapped in the country. it happened on thursday near the capital, port au prince, after the us advised all its citizens to leave the country because of the worsening security situation. gangs control large parts of haiti s capital port au prince and kidnappings for ransom are common. earlier, i spoke about the situation in haiti with harold isaac, a journalist based near port au prince. kenya says that it is prepared to send a multinational force to haiti what more do we know about that and how it might work? very little at this stage. i mean, for many people here, it came as a bit of a surprise, especially after over nine months of waiting for a word or an actual commitment with regards to foreign police or mil
there has been a lot of pressure piled on the leaders of the coup. this evening we are hearing that france has also suspended financial and other aid to niger with immediate effect. this is as a result of the coup and political development in that country. it is similar to the eu s position, the eu has suspended aid, both financial and military aid. the united states secretary and the countries s risk, also having millions of dollars in aid be suspended because the african union, which is given niger 15 days maximum and have called the immediate release of president mohamed bazoum who, at the moment, we know is still being held by the military. i asked an expert about the response to the coup from the international community. i think a lot of western countries, the united states, european union and others, there is an almost automatic response when there is a military coup, there is a suspension of military assistance, certainly in a place like niger, which has such a large p
humanitarian donor to haiti but we are also very focused on working together with partners to try to help the haitians restore security, restore stability. that is really the necessary foundation. live now to harold isaac, a journalist based in petion ville, a suburb of port au prince. kenya says that it is prepared to send a multinational force to haiti what more do we know about that and how it might work? very little at this stage. i mean, for many people here, it came as a bit of a surprise, especially after over nine months of waiting for a word or an actual commitment with regards to foreign police or military personnel here in haiti. , military personnel here in haiti. , ., , military personnel here in haiti. , . , , haiti. it s really interesting ou sa haiti. it s really interesting you say that haiti. it s really interesting you say that it haiti. it s really interesting you say that it came - haiti. it s really interesting you say that it came as - you say
following the story for us. there is pressure being piled on the coup leaders in niger. we have heard that france has suspended financial aids to the country with immediate effect and this is a result of the coup in the overthrow the government that country. the eu has suspended aid, financial and military aid and the united states secretary of state has earlier threatened that the country risks having millions of dollars of aid being suspended. the strongest reaction yet is from the african union giving the military in nigeran african union giving the military in niger an ultimatum to return to the barracks and restore democracy. they ve also called for the leader, president bazoum who we know it is still being held by the military. is still being held by the military- is still being held by the milita . . , ., military. earlier i spoke to cameron military. earlier i spoke to cameron hudson, - military. earlier i spoke to cameron hudson, a - military. earlier i spoke to i