US Pauses Some International Help Applications for Niger Authorities

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US authorities is pausing sure international help packages that profit the federal government of Niger however will proceed giving humanitarian and meals help, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken mentioned on Friday.

A navy junta overthrew Niger’s democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum and his authorities on July 26 within the seventh navy takeover in lower than three years in West and Central Africa.

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; enhancing by Jasper Ward)

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