UN agencies continue to deliver aid in Niger.

The United Nations continues to deliver aid in Niger, nearly three weeks since President Mohamed Bazoum was seized by some of his guards in a power grab.

Agencies continue to reach people despite the challenges, including the ongoing rainy season, UN Spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, told journalists in New York on Monday.

Roughly 4.3 million people in the West African country rely on humanitarian aid.

Last week, 22,000 people in the Maradi region, located in the centre, received cash assistance and food items.

'We and our humanitarian partners are also working with de facto authorities to identify and prepare a site to accommodate about 13,000 internally displaced people in Ouro Gueladjo, in the Tillaberi region,' Mr. Dujarric said.

He added that the people had been displaced from several villages in mid-July, before the current political crisis.

Mediation and concern

The attempted overthrow of President Bazoum has been condemned by the UN and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and other senior UN officials have repeatedly called for the reinstatement of the democratically elected leader, who remains under house arrest.

Last week, both Mr. Guterres and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Trk, voiced concern following reports that the President and his family are living without electricity, water, food or medicine.

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