The West African bloc ECOWAS says it’s ready to intervene militarily if all else fails in its effort to reverse a coup in Niger. Campaigning reaches a fever pitch in Zimbabwe as the country counts down to its elections -- the youth are demanding jobs and an end to corruption. And in our Friday entertainment report, Heather Maxwell brings us the music of Sierra Leone’s Telem Uncommon Sounds. All this and much more, coming up on today’s Africa 54.