US EditionMali: Jihadists' Fuel Blockade Paralyse Bamako
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Bamako and other cities in Mali have been facing fuel shortages for several weeks. Behind this unprecedented situation, a new strategy of the Islamic and Muslim Support Group (Jnim), which is now taking oil convoys to suffocate the Malian economy and try to weaken the power of Assimi Goïta.
Mali: Jihadists' fuel blockade paralyse Bamako
An al-Qaeda-linked group, JNIM, has blockaded fuel supplies in Mali’s capital for two months, crippling Bamako and pressuring the military government. Though the militants are active near the city, analysts say they currently lack the intent or capability to seize control.
Jihadists’ fuel blockade poses biggest threat to Mali’s military rulers
Jihadists’ fuel blockade poses biggest threat to Mali’s military rulers A two-month-old fuel blockade by al Qaeda-linked militants has all but paralysed the capital of Mali, turning the screws on the military government and raising concern that the jihadists might eventually try to impose their rule on the West African country. Security analysts say the […] The post Jihadists’ fuel blockade poses biggest threat to Mali’s military rulers appeared…
"We never know if we will return alive," Baba takes a blind eye. In northern Côte d'Ivoire, he is preparing, like dozens of colleagues, to resume the road to neighbouring Mali, on board their tanker trucks loaded with fuel and anguish. For the past two months, an acronym shakes all the road drivers: the JNIM, a jihadist group affiliated with Al-Qaida, which decreed that no more tankers would enter Mali from a neighbouring State. Since then, the …
Mali on the Brink of Collapse as Jihadists Threaten to Overrun the Country
The West African country of Mali stands on the brink of collapse, with al-Qaeda’s Sahelian branch, Jama’at Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), choking off the country’s fuel supplies, leaving the government in the capital of Bamako vulnerable to being overrun. The fuel blockade has been going on for weeks, with JNIM insurgents attacking and burning fuel trucks, kidnapping truck drivers, and denying fuel imports from Senegal and the Ivory Coas…
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