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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dalatou Mamane and Chinedu Asadu

Many in Niger are suffering under coup-related sanctions. Junta backers call it a worthy sacrifice

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Hamsa Diakite can't remember the last time her family of eight had a good meal.

She once sustained them by selling fried bread until a coup in Niger three months ago resulted in sanctions against the West African nation, squeezing incomes in one of the world's poorest countries and leaving millions like Hamsa struggling in the absence of aid.

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