mohammad hadi taskhiri, an expert on african issues . we will discuss with the new government of niger to expel american soldiers. mr. taskhiri this summer i think several times in the world we were at your service today. at that time, the french puppet government was overthrown in niger. a few months later , in december, if i'm not mistaken. the people of niger are celebrating . the end of 125 years of french military presence in their country. now it seems that the new rulers of niger are going to the american military. basically , what did the french and the americans want from niger during these years? in the name of god. first of all , i would like to congratulate your excellency and dear viewers to all persian speakers on the arrival of nowruz. if you remember ok, the last sentence i had in the previous interview was my concern that niger should leave france and fall into the hands of the americans. i expressed this concern in a sentence at the end of the interview that, alhamdulillah , it has not happened so far and god willing, i