Nigeria reportedly cuts electricity supplies to increase pressure on the military junta.
Residents living in the cities of Niamey, Maradi and Zinder have power for about an hour at a time before it is switched off for up to five hours.But the country is heavily dependent on its wealthier neighbour to the south, Nigeria, as its main supplier of electricity.
Niger's democratically-elected President Mohamed Bazoum was overthrown in a military coup last week by his own presidential guards who stood watch outside his palace. The military government has now announced the re-opening of Niger's borders with Algeria, Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali and Chad. Its borders with Nigeria remain closed.
Nigeria's most senior Muslim leader, the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa'adu Abubakar III, is also reported to be part of the team. He also wields huge influence in Niger, part of which used to be in the Sokoto Caliphate, a powerful kingdom before colonial rule.
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