text:  Now, coming up a little later in the programme, there's a new regional bloc in Africa formed by three countries led by military government. So what's the idea behind that? They see themselves on a course against France, against the West African bloc ECOWAS, and they want to show that they are serious by meeting for the first time, bringing together the three presidents from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, just to give a countersign to ECOWAS.