The French Embassy in Niamey is no longer receiving electricity or water from military leaders in the Niger Republic.
No food is getting in either, as per Turkish news source Anadolu.
At other French consulates in cities like Zinder and Dosso, the same things are happening.
Elh Issa Hassoumi Boureima, head of a national support committee, has requested partner from French bases in Niger to end supplies of water, power, and food.
“We ask Nigelec and SPEN (SEEN)) to cut off water and electricity in the French Embassy, in the French consulates of Zinder and Niamey.” He was quoted to have said.
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Furthermore, the military coup leaders in Niger have warned that helping France with supplies will make you an “enemy of the sovereign people.”
The decision of the coup leaders comes after a 48-hour deadline for the French ambassador to leave Niger ended on Sunday.
Diplomatic ties have been shaky between Niger, some Western countries, and the West African group, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) since the July 26 coup.