US EditionMali Frees 100 Jihadists to End Fuel Convoy Blockade
The Malian junta released over 100 suspected jihadists to lift a JNIM blockade that destroyed around 200 fuel tankers and caused severe shortages in Bamako, officials said.
- On Sunday, Malian authorities freed more than 100 suspected jihadists to open a corridor for tanker convoys, AFP reported.
- Longstanding violence and recent convoy attacks since September, Mali has faced a deep security crisis involving Al‑Qaeda and Islamic State affiliates.
- Members of the Fulani ethnic group were among those freed, while security sources said the truce will hold until Eid al‑Adha .
- The administration has stepped up Sahel outreach as the State Department conducts new engagement with Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, while sanctions on three senior Malian officers including Defense Minister Sadio Camara were removed.
- Multiple external players are courting the Sahel as Sahelian military rulers including Mali's Assimi Goïta plan to stay in power and engage with Russia, China, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates.
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A Malian elected official confirmed the "liberation of more than 100 jihadists" against the opening of a corridor "to allow convoys of tankers to pass".
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In Mali, according to several sources, in order to obtain a truce on the attacks of fuel convoys that suffocate the local economy, more than a hundred alleged jihadists were released in the middle of the week. Local officials, elected officials, claim that some released people have already returned to the centre and north of the country.
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