Hanns Seidel Foundation Resident Representative in talks about Niger.

The first of three planes carrying mostly French and European people evacuated from Niger landed in Paris, a week after a coup toppled one of the last pro-Western leaders in the jihadist-plagued Sahel. In the region’s third military takeover in as many years, Niger President Mohamed Bazoum was overthrown by his own guard, sounding alarm bells in France, Niger’s former colonial master and traditional ally. Here is the Hanns Seidel Foundation Resident Representative in Namibia Dr Clemens von Doderer, who says they have a office in Niger and explains the situation.