Among them are advisers to the former president, staff who worked for former Prime Minister Ouhmoudou Mahamadou, plus MPs and various heads of public institutions.

The move was announced in a letter from the foreign ministry to the heads of Niger’s foreign diplomatic missions, saying it had to be done because the officials were "no longer in a position to hold the said passports".

Two weeks ago, Niger’s military junta also cancelled five diplomatic passports - including those of former Prime Minister Mahamadou, Former Ambassador to France Aïchatou Boulama Kané, and ex-Foreign Minister Hassoumi Massaoudou.