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Linet Bahati Farah Yusuf
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Niger’s ruling junta has doubled down on its demand that US troops withdraw, dealing a blow to Washington’s security interests in
More than 100 people have died in Mali because of an extreme heatwave that hit the country last month, reports say. the Sahel.
The country experienced the highest record of heat last week Thursday in the south-western town of Kayes of about 48.5°C. Last month, military leader
It would be the hottest day in African history recorded in April, according to meteorologists cited by online news website RFI. General Abdourahamane Tiani ordered US troops to leave after ending a military agreement.
Gabriel-Toure Hospital in the capital, Bamako, received 102 heat-affected patients who died upon arrival, French RFI news website reported. At least 650 US personnel are stationed in Niger to monitor jihadist activity.
Most of them were over 60 years of age and chronically ill, Djibo Mahamane Django, the head of anaesthesia department at hospital told local Joliba FM. In a statement on Sunday, Niger's junta said they had not benefited from the US military deal as it "turned out to be a fool's bargain".
Some local sources put the death toll at over 250 in three days. It accused the
"We've seen an increase in the number of deaths, and the mortuaries are much fuller," Ladji Dibatéré, a funeral home owner, was quoted as saying. US of exploiting Niger and interfering in its internal affairs
Mr Dibatéré said families are forced to keep bodies of the relatives at home. and seeking to control its foreign relations.
Officials have urged residents to stay in well-ventilated areas and restricted learning for schoolchildren as the young and elderly are the most vulnerable, Mali’s state-run ORTM TV station reported. “How can we talk about the interests of Niger, when the Americans stationed here
Authorities have shortened and changed the school hours for primary school students to protect them from the fatal temperatures. refuse to provide us with the coordinates of the bases of the terrorists who
The high temperatures have been attributed to the El Nino weather phenomenon, which has raised ocean and atmospheric temperatures. mourn us daily?” the statement said.
The Malian military junta is yet to comment on the rising temperatures. “How can we
talk about the interests of Niger when the United States of America does not
pay a single kopeck [Russian unit of money] to Niger for stationing its forces on our territory?”
The US State
Department and Pentagon have downplayed Niger’s rejection of the military
agreement, saying that talks between the two countries were continuing.
Niger's military junta initially appeared to have a favourable stance towards the US, but has turned
to Russia after severing ties with France last year.
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