translation: in niger today, everyone is looking _ for a place. we're going to talk. we'll talk to anyone who wants to come. even the chinese can come. we'll talk to them. if it's in our interest, we'll go with them. if it's not in our interest, they'll go too. the land belongs to us. we're a sovereign state. that's all there is to it. a short while ago, i spoke to cameron hudson. he's a senior fellow at the center for strategic and international studies' africa program. very good to have you with us here on bbc news. we saw thousands of people coming out in the capital of niger last week, protesting against the us presence there, coming at a time of strained relations really over that relationship and then of course the us military agreeing to leave. talk to us about how that came about? i talk to us about how that came about? ~ , ., . ~ about? i think it is going back to jul about? i think it is going back to july last — about? i think it is going back to july last year _ about? i think it is going back to july last year when - to july last year when democratically elected government, which was a very close ally of the united states, was overthrown in a