A vendor holds a bottle of cooking oil at the Dar-es-salam market in Niamey on January 9, 2025. In Niger, inflation is seriously affecting the purchasing power of the 26 million Nigeriens, despite the lifting of heavy sanctions imposed on Niger by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) after the military coup that overthrew elected civilian president Mohamed Bazoum on July 26, 2023. (Photo by BOUREIMA HAMA / AFP) (Photo by BOUREIMA HAMA/AFP via Getty Images)