US EditionArmed Group Linked to Al-Qaida Sets Fuel Trucks Ablaze as It Blockades Imports to Mali
JNIM's blockade and attacks aim to disrupt fuel supply and restrict movement in western Mali, prompting military airstrikes and operations to counter insurgency threats.
- Last week, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin set fire to fuel tankers and imposed a fuel-import blockade into Mali, prompting Mali's military to launch airstrikes in Kayes and conduct operations in Diema and Nioro.
- Djenabou Cisse said, `JNIM is applying increased pressure in this region to weaken the government in Bamako but also to asphyxiate the capital` to demonstrate control over Mali's economy through a fuel embargo.
- Videos showed fuel tankers ablaze in Sikasso, where militants stopped and emptied fuel tankers from Ivory Coast and some transport companies suspended Bamako–Dakar routes; on Friday, six Senegalese truckers were kidnapped and released, unions said.
- In a statement on Monday, the army said it had conducted operations in Diema and Nioro, including airstrikes, and soldiers freed people taken hostage while Mali's transport ministry meets transport associations as companies halt routes.
- With Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger having withdrawn from ECOWAS, regional response is constrained as security experts warn JNIM may target regional economic infrastructure next.
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Armed group linked to Al-Qaeda sets fuel trucks ablaze as it
BAMAKO, Mali: A West African armed group affiliated to Al-Qaeda set fire to fuel tankers in Mali over the weekend, videos showed, as the militants sought to tighten their grip on the country’s economy by banning fuel imports from neighboring countries. The trucks were coming from Ivory Coast and were attacked in Sikasso region in the south of the country, according to a
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Times LiveMali army carries out airstrikes after militants announce blockade on fuel imports
BAMAKO/DAKAR - Mali's military said it had carried out airstrikes in the gold-rich western region of Kayes after al Qaeda-linked militants took steps to impose a blockade on fuel imports to the landlocked West African country's capital, Bamako. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Armed Group Linked to al-Qaida Sets Fuel Trucks Ablaze as It Blockades Imports to Mali
A West African armed group affiliated to al-Qaida set fire to fuel tankers in Mali over the weekend, videos showed, as the militants sought to tighten their grip on the country's economy by banning fuel imports from neighboring countries.
Armed group linked to al Qaeda sets fuel trucks ablaze as it blockades imports to Mali
A West African armed group affiliated with al Qaeda set fire to fuel tankers in Mali over the weekend, videos showed, as the militants sought to tighten their grip on the country's economy by banning fuel imports from neighboring countries.
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Armed group linked to al-Qaida sets fuel trucks ablaze as it blockades imports to Mali
An armed group affiliated with al-Qaida has set fire to fuel tankers in Mali. This move is part of a strategy to tighten control over the country's economy by banning fuel imports from neighboring countries.
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