All right, Alexander, let's do an update on what is going on in Niger.

We have the ECOWAS countries, which are debating about a possible intervention into Niger.

We have the EU. It seems like the EU is trying to push the ECOWAS countries into some sort of intervention and

invasion. In Niger, they are also talking about placing a whole ton of sanctions on Niger as well.

And then you have the U.S. State Department and messages from Blinken, also encouraging the ECOWAS countries to

handle the crisis in Niger. Meanwhile, in Niger, you have the military junta, the coup government,

is standing its grounds, its defiant, and it is not willing to back down from its position.

It's actually now saying that they're going to bring treason charges against the deposed president,

Azoum.

So that is the latest from the military coup government in Niger.

So we're heading towards a standoff.

Yes. We're going to see what happens. Is ECOWAS going to enter Niger or are we going to try and solve this by a diplomatic means?

Well, the short answer to this is that we don't know what's going to happen, but it's

quite clear that the attempt to pressure ECOWAS into intervention in Niger is now running into

problems. There's clearly a lot of disagreement within the ECOWAS states about whether or not to

intervene militarily in Niger to try to restore the former president.

There are apparently disagreements between some of the ECOWAS states.

It's not clear which are objecting and which are proposing an intervention, but we also know

that there are disagreements within some of the ECOWAS states themselves.

So Nigeria, which had been expected at one point to take the lead in this intervention alongside

Senegal, apparently this growing opposition in Nigeria, including from the Nigerian president's own party to this whole idea.

The Nigerian Senate has voted against it.

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