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We begin in niger, where the Breaking News in the last half an hour is the military leaders who staged a coup say they have closed the countrys airspace over what they called the threat of intervention against them. The announcement came as a deadline expired for them to restore the ousted president or face the possible action from the west African Regional grouping known as ecowas. Earlier thousands of people gathered in nigers capital to support the militaryjunta, despite International Condemnation of the soldiers actions. 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 ....
Yesterday when the nigerian parliament voted to deny the president and use of nigeria s military to stage an intervention. this was always a lot of bluster from ecowas trying to ratchet up pressure on the junta. the junta called their bluff by calling in reinforcements, creating the possibility of a regional war, so with nigeria backing down now, i don t think there is a lot of hope that we are going to be able to see ecowas muster a military intervention at this stage. i think they will have to go back to the drawing board. 50. they will have to go back to the drawing board. they will have to go back to the drawing board. so, what else can ecowas do drawing board. so, what else can ecowas do aside drawing board. so, what else can ecowas do aside from drawing board. so, what else can ecowas do aside from a - drawing board. so, what else can ecowas do aside from a military l ecowas do aside from a military intervention? ecowas do aside from a military intervention? ~ , , inter ....