Pihak berkuasa Niger potong bekalan elektrik, air ke Kedutaan Perancis

ANKARA: Pentadbiran tentera Niger memotong bekalan air dan elektrik ke kedutaan Perancis di Niamey, selain tidak membenarkan khidmat penghantaran makanan ke premis berkenaan, lapor Agensi Anadolu (AA) memetik beberapa laporan di media sosial pada Ahad.

Selain kedutaan di ibu negara Niger itu, kepimpinan negara itu juga mengenakan tindakan yang sama ke atas konsulat Perancis di Zinder.

Presiden Jawatankuasa Sokongan Kebangsaan Majlis Kebangsaan bagi Melindungi Negara (CNSP), Elh Issa Hassoumi Boureima turut meminta semua rakan pangkalan-pangkalan Perancis di Niger supaya menggantung bekalan air dan elektrik serta produk makanan, menurut laporan itu.

Menurut laporan itu, mana-mana rakan kongsi yang terus membantu Perancis membekalkan barangan dan perkhidmatan,akan dianggap "musuh rakyat berdaulat".

Tentera yang menggulingkan presiden Mohamed Bazoum, sebelum ini memberikan tempoh dua hari, yang berakhir Ahad kepada duta Perancis Sylvain Itte untuk meninggalkan negara itu, dengan ketegangan berterusan sejak rampasan kuasa itu.

Niger bergelora apabila Jeneral Abdourahamane Tchiani, bekas komander pengawal presiden, menggulingkan Bazoum pada 26 Julai lepas.

Awal bulan ini, Perancis melancarkan operasi untuk memindahkan warganya serta rakyat negara lain dari Niamey.

-- BERNAMA

Niaga SPOTLIGHT: Costing The Silent Threat of Obesity

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Malaysia are a growing burden on the health system, with a number of associated health issues and economic costs.

The annual cost of healthcare for NCDs is estimated to be over RM 9.65 billion. Meanwhile, the cost of disability and loss of healthy life years is estimated to be around RM 100.79 billion. Absenteeism due to NCDs is estimated to cost the Malaysian economy RM 2.6 billion annually.

From the common NCDs, obesity is one of THE most significant health threats, with nearly 20% of the Malaysian population currently classified as obese.

Additionally, more than half of all adults (54%) are overweight or obese. According to the World Obesity Atlas, this figure could rise to 41% in Malaysia by 2035, if preventive action is not taken.

Niaga Spotlight focuses on immediate strategies to address this growing silent threat of Obesity, which also burdens the national healthcare system as well as national productivity levels with significant impacts and costs.