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The United Kingdom is "temporarily reducing the number of its employees in its embassy in Niamey" due to the "security situation" in Niger, the British Foreign Office said on its travel advice site on Thursday.
Western countries fear that Niger will fall under Russia's influence after the coup, especially as Mali has welcomed up to 1,000 fighters from the Wagner Group.
Extreme weather due to the climate crisis has driven hunger in South Sudan to unprecedented levels.
Access to food has become scarce even for those who were previously able to feed themselves according to the United Nations food agency.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Wednesday that he supports more countries joining the BRICS group of large developing nations, which currently includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
"We are talking about the immediate departure of all foreign forces,"
One week after Niger's coup and only days after some of the landlocked West African country's neighbours imposed sanctions to punish the putschists, people are beginning to feel the economic effects.
Minister of Youth and Sports Mohamed Barre Mohamud said his ministry did not know how 20-year-old Nasra Abukar Ali was selected to compete in the women's 100 at the student games in Chengdu on Tuesday.
"President Bédié lived a quiet life and left quietly. The greatest challenge facing us today, especially the supports of the PDCI-RDA, is the challenge of maintaining cohesion and unity." Djédri N'Goran, PDCI administration director
An influential Malian woman was sentenced on Wednesday to a year's imprisonment after speaking out against the ruling military and its "failure" to deal with insecurity and inflation, according to her lawyer.
