European nationals evacuated from coup hit Niger

<p>In tonight's edition; As the first couple of hundreds of French and European nationals are evacuated from coup-hit Niger, the military governments of Mali and Burkina Faso say any foreign armed intervention in Niamey will be treated as a declaration of war against them all. Two protesters were killed when demonstrations erupted after opposition figure Ousmane Sonko was jailed on Monday. And Nigeria's president Bola Tinubu tries to calm down discontent amid economic hardship hitting Nigerians. </p>