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The sources said most of dead were over 60 and chronically ill but some other local sources put the death toll in three days at over 250.
The rise in temperatures is due to the El Niño weather phenomenon, which has affected ocean and atmospheric temperatures.
The effect of the heat wave may have been compounded because of dearth of electricity to propel fans and air conditioning units.
The country may have had some respite in the areas of electricity because ECOWAS had just lifted sanctions imposed on it but Bamako and its environs may have to brace up for unending power cuts after the energy office failed to mention a solution to the crisis.
Authorities in the national energy company EDM said more than $510 million is needed to buy fuel to power the generation plant.
Many people were expecting a revelation that would put an end to, or even reduce, the number of untimely and unprecedented power cuts for several months now.
ECOWAS Commission’s chairman, Gambia’s President Omar Touray announced the lifting of the sanctions at the end of the Extraordinary Session of the Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS member countries on February 24.
He said the decision was based on humanitarian considerations, the socio-economic impacts of the sanctions on Nigeriens and the security of the sub-region.