Planes carrying evacuees from Niger land in Paris and Rome

The French nationals and other European citizens who have been evacuated from Niger, days after a junta seized power in the West African country, react as they arrive at the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy, near Paris, France, August 2, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq

PARIS/ROME (Reuters) - Military planes carrying hundreds of European nationals evacuated from Niger landed in Paris and Rome on Wednesday as France and Italy fly their citizens out of the West African country after a coup last week.

Those arriving in Rome included 21 U.S. citizens, a number of whom were part of an evangelical Christian group from Texas, according to the Italian Foreign Ministry.