00:00 In Niger, the United Nations spends more than 20 times more money or fuel for generators
00:05 to prevent millions of vacuums from spoiling due to constant power outage.
00:11 Niger relies on neighboring Nigeria for up to 90% of its power, but as part of the sanctions
00:16 imposed by ECOWAS, Nigeria cut off part of its electricity supply.
00:21 Most of approximately 1,300 local health centers in Niger are powered by solar panels and can
00:29 keep vacuums cold.
00:30 But in the capital and in the regional and district levels, they relied on electricity
00:35 and new generators.
