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Nigeria cuts electricity to Niger after coup: Niger power company
Nigeria has cut its electricity supply to Niger after West African neighbors imposed sanctions on the junta that ousted the country’s elected leader last week, a Niger power company source said on Wednesday.
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“Since yesterday, Nigeria has disconnected the high-voltage line transporting electricity to Niger,” a source at Niger's power company Nigelec told AFP. Niger depends on Nigeria for 70 percent of its power.
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