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France to Reduce Diplomatic Staff in Mali Amid Jihadist Fuel Blockade
France cut its diplomatic staff and urged nationals to leave Mali due to a jihadist blockade disrupting fuel supplies and worsening security, officials said.
- On Friday, France announced it is reducing diplomatic and consular staff in Mali due to a worsening security situation linked to a jihadist fuel blockade and urged French nationals to leave "as soon as possible".
- In a propaganda video on Tuesday, JNIM said it will intensify its fuel blockade and reclassify truck drivers as combatants, causing severe shortages that disrupt daily life in Bamako, Mali.
- Russia's Africa Corps moved to fill the void after Wagner mercenary group left in June, while a TV report said Russian forces used bombers to defend fuel convoys to Bamako.
- A French foreign ministry official said France is adapting diplomatic and consular arrangements on Friday, following the United States and United Kingdom evacuations of non-essential staff.
- The Sahel's juntas have turned closer to Russia, with Africa Corps expanding in Mali after Wagner's exit, while French officials warn this contested presence complicates security for Malians.
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The Quai d'Orsay announced this Friday a reduction in its diplomatic and consular arrangements, due to a general deterioration of the situation in the vicinity of the Malian capital, surrounded by JNIM, linked to Al-Qaeda.
·Paris, France
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Paris follows suit in the United States and the United Kingdom, which have already evacuated their "non-essential" personnel. This decision comes as the jihadists say they want to intensify their blockade.
Mali is facing a profound security crisis. The jihadists of the Islamic and Muslim Support Group (affiliated with Al-Qaeda) impose a blockade on fuel imports, strangling the economy of the landlocked Sahelian country.
·Paris, France
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