Morning Update: Niger hit by food crisis and soaring violence in coup aftermath

Good morning, A month after Niger's military coup, the country is facing a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis, the United Nations refugee agency said in a report Tuesday. More than 20,000 people have fled their homes since the coup because of attacks by insurgent groups, and soaring prices for many commodities have worsened the already dire situation, according to the report. Thousands of trucks, including many with humanitarian aid, have been stranded at Niger's closed borders, and UN aid flights have been grounded because of a lack of jet fuel. The UN is seeking an exemption from the ECOWAS sanctions to…