US EditionIn Mali, Authorities Want to Secure Fuel Supply for the Month of Ramadan
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Mwanzo TVJihadist attack on Mali fuel tankers last week killed at least 15 drivers
Jihadists killed at least 15 drivers in an attack on a fuel tanker convoy last week in Mali, local sources told AFP Monday, amid a months-long fuel blockade that had recently died down. The attack took place Thursday on a road leading from the Senegalese border to the major city of Kayes in western Mali, with local officials reporting dozens of tankers destroyed. According to a local radio host in the town of Diboli, “15 drivers’ bodies” were co…
In Mali, the attacks on tanker trucks by jihadists affiliated with al-Qaeda have resumed. Dozens of trucks carrying fuel were destroyed last week and hundreds of thousands of litres of gasoline left in smoke. On Sunday, 1 February, there was still no news of a dozen drivers of the convoy. To deal with the situation, the Malian authorities decided to deploy means to "secure" the next month of Ramadan.
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