we ve just seen the evacuation of western citizens and embassy staff. i think the international community is listening because there have been several calls for the democratically elected government to be reinstated. so from the united states, from britain, from european countries, even russia, where there is concern that maybe russia might try to use this instability to gain influence, the government in russia says they want to see a return to the constitutional order. but what can they do if the military in niger has dug in as it has? because the military says it s not giving up power despite calls for it to step down, despite sanctions being imposed on the military leaders in the country, they say they re not leaving. so that means even though there have been aid cuts, sanctions, there s little else that the international community can do at the moment to help the besieged leader. and you mentioned russia a little earlier on. what is the extent of russia s involvement in the region?
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appealing and had put out an appeal for more than £140 million in aid. what is the most immediate thing you think the people on the ground actually need at the moment? i think immediate is actually need at the moment? i think immediate is the actually need at the moment? i think immediate is the crisis actually need at the moment? i think immediate is the crisis response, - immediate is the crisis response, which is getting people to safety, then clean drinking water to be able to drink, but other than that. i think the british government for the money they have sent, but however, thatis money they have sent, but however, that is just over 1% of what the un have asked for, and we have at aid cuts, and the aid cuts we have had have contributed towards programmes addressing and mitigating the issue of climate change and we have lost a lot of money in pakistan. i would ask the british government to do more than what we are at the moment, because we really do need on the ground in p