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Senegal-Mali trade threatened as militants set lorries ablaze near Kayes

Islamist militants have disrupted key trade routes by ambushing and burning lorries, threatening fuel and food supplies crucial for Mali's economy and regional trade, officials said.

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The army says social media footage is misleading and denies Islamists have the Kayes region in a chokehold.

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Militants affiliated with al-Qaida have burned and destroyed some 100 trucks transporting fuel to Bamako in recent days, according to a local trade union

·Pointe-Noire, Congo
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Senegal-Mali trade threatened as militants set lorries ablaze near Kayes

The army says social media footage is misleading and denies Islamists have the Kayes region in a chokehold.

·United Kingdom
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