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The US Embassy in Mali on Tuesday told American citizens to leave the country by plane due to terrorism threats and a severe fuel crisis stemming from the jihadist group’s blockade of fuel tankers entering the landlocked West African country.
The US Embassy said, “US citizens should depart using commercial aviation, as overland routes to neighboring countries may not be safe for travel due to terrorist attacks on national highways.” bamako Said on their website.
It was the embassy’s second warning in three days, following an October 25 advisory to US citizens not to travel to Mali due to “crime, terrorism, kidnapping” and other reasons.
The al-Qaeda-linked Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen group, or JNIM, announced in September that it was imposing a blockade on tanker trucks entering Mali as part of its fight against the country’s military authorities. The group’s fighters have set fire to more than 100 trucks, disrupting the country’s fuel supply.
The government has announced the closure of schools and universities across the country due to travel disruption due to fuel shortages.
JNIM is one of the many armed groups active sahela vast strip of semi-arid desert extending from North Africa In West Africa, where insurgency is spreading rapidly with large-scale attacks.