or face the possibility of military action. thousands of people gathered in the country s capital to support the militaryjunta as that deadline expired. some neighbouring countries including mali, burkina faso and guinea have voiced support for the coup leaders. and algeria, which borders niger to the north, has said it is categorically against armed intervention. france says it will support efforts by ecowas to restore niger s elected president. niger s prime minister was in paris on saturday 7 meeting lawmakers and greeting protestors outside the country s embassy. our reporter in lagos, in neighbouring nigeria, gave us this update. we are yet to hear from ecowas on what the decision would be concerning niger. the ultimatum has elapsed this sunday evening and we are yet to hear from ecowas.
in the country s capital to support the militaryjunta as that deadline expired. some neighbouring countries including mali, burkina faso and guinea have voiced support for the coup leaders. and algeria, which borders niger to the north, has said it is categorically against armed intervention. france says it will support efforts by ecowas to restore niger s elected president. niger s prime minister was in paris on saturday, meeting lawmakers and greeting protestors outside the country s embassy. let s now go live to our correspondent in lagos in neighbouring nigeria. we are yet to hear from ecowas and what of would be concerning niger. the ultimatum has elapsed the sunday
chanting. but there s some support for the coup within niger. this was a demonstration backing the coup leaders and against sanctions imposed by ecowas. neighbouring countries mali, burkina faso and guinea have also leant their support to the coup leaders. and algeria which borders niger to the north has said it is categorically against armed intervention. france, though, says it will support efforts by ecowas to restore niger s elected president. niger s prime minister was in paris on saturday 7 meeting lawmakers and greeting protestors outside the niger embassy. he has dismissed pro coup protests taking place in his country. let s now go live to our correspondent
let s now go live to our guest in niamey, niger abdurahman alkassoum. a political and security analyst on the sahel. hello and welcome to the programme. firstly, how on earth did we go from a model democracy to what we are experiencing and witnessing now in niger? i experiencing and witnessing now in nicer? ~ , experiencing and witnessing now in nicer? ~ , ., experiencing and witnessing now in nicer? ~ , ., ., niger? i think, let s hear it from the beginning. niger? i think, let s hear it from the beginning, all niger? i think, let s hear it from the beginning, all the niger? i think, let s hear it from the beginning, all the things - niger? i think, let s hear it from| the beginning, all the things that have happened not only in niger, burkina faso and mali. it is part of the political strategy and the way democracy is implementing in this country and maybe also the correspondence from lagos, the weight the population, because also
where all the parties would agree. and then president zelensky is hoping to host world leaders later this year. and these points which are agreed upon, can be discussed further. so this is a step towards arriving on some sort of a consensus or a peace solution, but i don t think anyone s expecting that there would be a solution that will come out of these talks instantly. a deadline for the militaryjunta in niger, to step down, is nowjust hours away. the west african regional bloc of ecowas, gave the coup leaders a week to reinstate the ousted president, mohamed bazoum and threatened military intervention if its demands were not met. there ve been reports of sporadic shows of support for the junta on the streets of the capital, niamey but overall the city is said to be calm.