Niger coup: How ordinary people are paying the price
By DW
05 August 2023 |
4:21 am
Prices in the landlocked Sahel nation have been shooting up following last week's coup d'etat. Sanctions slapped on Niger by ECOWAS are already affecting much of the impovrished nation's economic life.
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