US EditionMali is squeezed as militants enforce an unusual blockade on fuel
The fuel blockade by al-Qaida-linked militants has stranded hundreds of trucks and triggered a two-week nationwide school closure due to staff transport disruptions, officials said.
- Mali closed schools and universities nationwide starting Sunday due to a fuel scarcity caused by a blockade on fuel imports imposed by militants.
- Education Minister Amadou Sy Savane announced classes would be suspended for two weeks due to disruptions in fuel supplies affecting school staff movement.
- Militants from the al-Qaida-backed Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin group announced a ban on fuel imports from neighboring countries in early September.
- Authorities are doing everything possible to restore normal fuel supplies before schools resume classes on Nov. 10, according to the education minister.
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Mali closes schools due to fuel shortage
Malian authorities announced on Sunday the suspension of classes in schools and universities for two weeks nationwide due to a fuel shortage. Since September, jihadists from JNIM have imposed a blockade on roads, preventing the import of fuel from neighboring countries. The group, affiliated with Al-Qaeda, has been attacking fuel trucks coming from Senegal and Ivory Coast—key transit countries for most of the nation’s imports.
This decision occurs almost two months after the armed group Jama'at Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) declared a blockade of the imported fuel.
For two months, a jihadist militia fighting with the military junta has systematically attacked the tankers, causing enormous problems.
Mali Suspends Schools For 2 Weeks Over Fuel Crisis
Mali has suspended school and university classes throughout the country for two weeks from Monday due to a fuel shortage, the government after al Qaeda-linked insurgents imposed a blockade. Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) militants announced a blockade on fuel imports to the landlocked West African country in early September and have since attacked convoys of fuel tankers attempting to enter the country or reach the capital. Analysts…
Since September, the Al-Qaida-affiliated Islamic and Muslim Support Group has been holding a blockade on fuel imported from neighbouring Mali.
The military in power in Bamako also announced supply restrictions, with priority being given in dedicated stations to "relief, assistance and public transport vehicles".
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