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Mali Shuts Down Schools and Higher Education Centers as Jihadist Blockade Exacerbates Fuel Emergency
Mali has temporarily halted schools and universities throughout the country due to a severe energy crisis triggered by a embargo on fuel imports imposed by militant groups.
Minister of Education announced on public media that all academic facilities would remain closed until 9 November, explaining that the transportation of personnel and students had been affected by the imposed limitations.
He emphasized that the government officials were “making every effort” to alleviate the emergency so that classes could resume on November 10th.
For several weeks, the nation has been facing a fuel shortage, notably in the administrative center, after armed groups from an al-Qaeda affiliate initiated a restriction by striking tankers on primary roads.
The country is landlocked, so all energy resources are brought in by land routes from adjacent nations such as its western neighbor and CĂ´te d'Ivoire.
Extended lines have been winding around fuel outlets in Bamako in the past few weeks, and the city's usually crowded streets have now reportedly fallen quiet.
The military government had in recent days assured the public that it was only a temporary issue, but the situation has endured.
In the past few days, the US Embassy in the capital stated that non-essential diplomatic staff and their relatives would leave Mali amid the deteriorating petrol scarcity and increasing protection worries.
It explained that the fuel disruptions had impacted the power distribution and had the “capacity to affect” the overall security situation in unexpected forms.
Mali is currently ruled by a armed forces administration headed by General GoĂŻta, who seized power in a takeover in two years ago.
The military government had popular support when it came to authority, committing to address the ongoing instability prompted by a separatist rebellion in the northern territories by the Tuareg population, which was then hijacked by jihadist fighters.
The United Nations stabilization force and France's military had been deployed in a decade ago to address the growing rebellion.
Both have withdrawn since the junta took over, and the ruling council has hired foreign fighters to combat the insecurity.
Nonetheless, the jihadist insurgency has persisted and large parts of the northern and eastern territories of the state remain beyond state authority.
Kim Ramirez
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