it is disruptive, incredibly disruptive. it is wrong and it is clear that the international condemnation to this action including the leadership in the region. what we wants, but i am here to demonstrate is the fact that africa is a continent that has huge potential. for more on how western governments are responding to the crisis, our africa correspondent catherine byaru hanga sent in this report. some european governments say they are working hard to get their citizens out of niger, first off there is the french, the french government saying it would start its evacuations on tuesday afternoon. this is because it says that niger s airspace has been closed making it hard for individual citizens to get themselves out of the country. italy and spain are following suit but the k government says it is advising its citizens to stay indoors and to register for the citizens to stay indoors and to registerfor the moment, it will not be carrying out evacuation missions. this is all ha
Force junta in africa comes to power by force they junta in africa comes to power by force. they want to substitute force force. they want to substitute force for an force. they want to substitute force for an election. this is not acceptable. they did exactly the same acceptable. they did exactly the same as acceptable. they did exactly the same as a acceptable. they did exactly the same as a terrorist to haggis group we are same as a terrorist to haggis group we are fighting. jihadist. same as a terrorist to haggis group we are fighting. jihadist. we are fighting. ihadist. groups like scowas we are fighting. ihadist. groups like ecowas have we are fighting. jihadist. groups like ecowas have shown we are fighting. jihadist. groups like ecowas have shown immense | like ecowas have shown immense leadership as this event has unfolded of the past few days. they share the united states s mission in ultimate goal here which is the release of president mohamed
Welcome to world news america. we start with the deepening crisis in niger as european nations begin evacuating hundreds of citizens from the country. france, italy, and spain announced the evacuations over concerns that their nationals would become trapped after a military coup plunged the nation into crisis. the regional bloc ecowas has threatened to use force to reinstage niger s ousted president mohamed bazoum. niger s new military leaders have warned against these attempts. some countries in the region have come to the new leadership s defence, including burkina faso, mali, and guinea declaring that any military invention in niger would be considered a declaration of war. niger is located in the sahel region. it s a key region for western countries in counterterrorism operations. the uk foreign secretaryjames cleverly is visiting west africa and talked to the bbc about the coup s impact on the fight against insurgency.
Department has no higher priority than not just the safety and security of american citizens abroad, but also our personnel and diplomats that work in operate in our facilities overseas. they are continuing to assess the security situations on the ground just as we would in any country. the important thing to remember it is that at this time it continues to be relatively calm. our embassy remains and we have full accountability there and it is operating as standard today and will continue to adjust and make assessments should the circumstances on the ground change. it is relatively on the ground change. it is relatively calm on the ground change. it is relatively calm but - on the ground change. it is relatively calm but west african states have threatened to use force if president mohamed bazoum is not restored to power and we asked the niger s capacitor to the us if you would support in intervention and this is what he told us. i would support in intervention and this is what he
Intervention or force on the grounds in niger would be seen as a declaration of war against them. are you concerned, the state department, about the possibility that we could see a spill over of violence from niger into the region? film; see a spill-over of violence from niger into the region? see a spill-over of violence from niger into the region? any kind of attem ted niger into the region? any kind of attempted takeover niger into the region? any kind of attempted takeover by niger into the region? any kind of attempted takeover by force - niger into the region? any kind of attempted takeover by force like i attempted takeover by force like this one has the potential to lead to further instability, notjust of course in the immediate country, but on the continent and on the region broadly. so of course we are concerned and we are continuing to play close attention and that is why the united states has taken the situation so incredibly seriously. secretary of lincoln, ambassado