Germany suspends aid to Niger, cooperation after coup | African Union News

Berlin makes decision after the European Union and France cut financial aid to the West African nation last week.

Germany has become the latest Western power to suspend financial aid and halt cooperation with Niger after last week’s military coup.

A German foreign ministry spokesperson said at a news briefing that all direct support payments to the central government of Niger would be suspended until further notice

“We are in close contact with our partners on how to proceed,” Jochen Flasbarth, Germany’s state secretary in the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and…