Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“Mali’s military government has announced schools and universities nationwide will be closed for two weeks, as the landlocked country continues to suffer from the effects of a crippling blockade on fuel imports imposed by an armed group in September. Education Minister Amadou Sy Savane said on Sunday the suspension until November 9 was ‘due to disruptions in fuel supplies that are affecting the movement of school staff.’ … It comes nearly two months after the Jama’at Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) armed group, one of the several operating in the Sahel, declared a blockade on fuel imported from neighbouring countries. Since then, the al-Qaeda affiliate has been targeting fuel tankers coming mainly from Senegal and the Ivory Coast, through which most imported goods transit.” (10/27/25)