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US to suspend aid to Niger

2009-12-24 13:25
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kalahari.com

Washington - The United States will suspend about 27 million dollars in aid to Niger and ban visits by Niger President Mamadou Tandja's supporters to force Tandja to step down, a US official said on Wednesday.

"We believe that he should peacefully relinquish power, and allow transparent elections to take place. He does not want to do so," a State Department official said on the condition of anonymity.

"We have decided to announce that we are going to impose travel restrictions on Tandja supporters and we are going to suspend assistance to Niger," the official said.

The official added that the decision concerned roughly $27m in non-humanitarian aid.

The official would not say whether Tandja himself is affected by the ban on travel to the United States, saying US policy requires that visas are a confidential matter.

- SAPA

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