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suspended its humanitarian operations in niger, a day after soldiers announced the overthrow of the country s elected president. more than four million people in the country are currently in need of humanitarian assistance — that's according to the un. demonstrators took to the streets of niger with russian flags and pro—russian chants — a day after the apparent coup. and guards shot at protestors outside the compound where president mohamed bazoum is still being held. france's foreign minister says mr bazoum is in, quote, "good health." western allies have condemned the situation in niger. here's our security correspondent — frank gardner. this is west africa's fifth successful coup in just three years. and it's really pretty bad news for the international community, especially for the us, france, but also the region. america has got $100 million drone base there. it's the center of operations for france, which is only recently moved its bases out of mali following a coup there into niger. what does it mean globally? well, it means that the