help. ecowas put the koorlong after the military coup last month and the block is determined to restore president mohamed bazoum. ecowas had previously intervened in civil wars in the 1990s and more recently elsewhere. niger is one of the poorest countries in the world. while battling a deadly islamist insurgency. it is the staging point for the western terraced air force. they are concerned about the fragile security system in the region. thomas naadi, bbc news. meanwhile, the new us ambassador to niger will touch down in the country in the coming days. the state department says kathleen fitzgibbon s arrival does not mean the us recognises the military led government. earlier, i spoke with bisa williams, the former us ambassador to niger, for more on all of this.