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Mali Suspends Educational Institutions and Universities as Jihadist Restrictions Intensifies Fuel Emergency
Mali has temporarily halted schools and colleges countrywide due to a severe energy crisis triggered by a embargo on fuel imports implemented by Islamist insurgents.
The Education Minister declared on public media that all learning centers would be inactive until November 9th, noting that the movement of staff and learners had been impacted by the restrictions.
He emphasized that the administration were “making every effort” to alleviate the crisis so that classes could continue on November 10th.
For a number of weeks, Mali has been facing a petrol crisis, notably in the main city, after armed groups from an al-Qaeda affiliate imposed a embargo by attacking fuel trucks on key routes.
Mali is surrounded by land, so all fuel supplies are delivered by land routes from neighboring states such as Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire.
Extended lines have been forming around petrol stations in the capital in recent weeks, and the city's normally bustling streets have now reportedly become deserted.
The military government had in recent days promised residents that it was only a passing concern, but the emergency has endured.
Last week, the United States diplomatic office in the capital declared that non-critical embassy personnel and their relatives would evacuate Mali amid the intensifying energy crisis and escalating safety issues.
It noted that the fuel disruptions had affected the energy availability and had the “ability to disturb” the overall security situation in unexpected forms.
The West African nation is now led by a armed forces administration headed by General Goïta, who assumed authority in a military overthrow in 2021.
The military government had widespread approval when it came to authority, promising to tackle the protracted safety emergency caused by a independence uprising in the northern region by Tuareg communities, which was then hijacked by Islamist militants.
The international UN troops and France's military had been deployed in 2013 to combat the increasing militant activity.
These forces have left since the military assumed power, and the ruling council has hired private military contractors to address the insecurity.
Nonetheless, the militant uprising has endured and extensive regions of the north and east of the state remain beyond state authority.
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