EU has stopped financial support for Niger – Borrell

In total, the EU has allocated more than €500m from its budget for governance, education and social welfare for 2021-2024, tranches of the package will now be stopped.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken also said aid from the US was in jeopardy.

Niger receives about $2bn a year in official aid, according to the World Bank.

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