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Sanctions, airspace closures hamper UN humanitarian efforts in Niger

A group of women and their children rush towards an emergency feeding centre in the town of Guidan Roumdji, southern Niger [File: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters]

Niger’s military coup is disrupting humanitarian efforts by the United Nations as border and airspace closures threaten to cut off supplies of medicine and food, says a UN official.

UN aid agencies are scrambling to replenish depleting stocks just as regional sanctions potentially increase the number of people in need, its humanitarian chief in Niger, Louise Aubin, warned on Tuesday.

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