Sanctions, flight disruptions, squeeze U.N. aid stocks in Niger

Record ID: 1736964

  • Title: Sanctions, flight disruptions, squeeze U.N. aid stocks in Niger
  • Date: 8th August 2023
  • Summary: DIFFA, NIGER (FILE - JULY 4, 2016) (REUTERS) REFUGEE CAMP CHILDREN IN CAMP CROWD OF PEOPLE IN CAMP
  • Embargoed: 22nd August 2023 13:34
  • Keywords: africa aid conflict coup emerging food humanitarian insurgencies markets military nations niger peace sahel security united war west
  • Location: DAKAR, SENEGAL / DIFFA, NIGER
  • City: DAKAR, SENEGAL / DIFFA, NIGER
  • Country: Niger
  • Topics: Africa,Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA009309508082023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: PART QUALITY AS INCOMING
    U.N. aid agencies in coup-hit Niger are scrambling to make contingency plans to eke out depleting stocks of food, medicines, and fuel even as sanctions threaten to increase the number of people in need, the U.N. humanitarian chief in Niger warned on Tuesday.
    Over 4 million people were already targeted for U.N. emergency assistance in the impoverished West African country before the July 26 power grab led to border and airspace closures, squeezing vital humanitarian supplies.
    U.N. Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Niger, Louise Aubin, said flights operated within Niger by the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) to supply its far-flung regions had been disrupted but not suspended by the junta's decision to close its airspace in response to the West African regional bloc's threat of possible military intervention.
    (Production: Cooper Inveen)
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