France will support West African bloc ECOWAS more as it works to restore democracy in a region hit by recent coups as insecurity in the Sahel worsens, the French foreign minister says. Meeting her Nigerian counterpart Yusuf Tuggar in Abuja, Colonna says they discussed supporting ECOWAS to restore constitutional order in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. Colonna tells reporters the strategy on Niger remains the same: clear requests for the release of Bazoum and the return of constitutional order as quickly as possible. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES