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The West African nation Shuts Down Educational Institutions and Universities as Islamist Militant Blockade Worsens Petrol Shortage
Mali has suspended schools and universities across the nation due to a acute fuel scarcity caused by a restriction on energy resources imposed by militant groups.
Top education official stated on public media that all education institutions would stay shut until 9 November, clarifying that the movement of personnel and pupils had been disrupted by the imposed limitations.
He stated that the government officials were “working tirelessly” to end the emergency so that academic sessions could continue on November 10th.
For weeks, Mali has been facing a fuel shortage, notably in the main city, after armed groups from an al-Qaeda-linked organization imposed a blockade by targeting tankers on key routes.
Mali is without coastal access, so all fuel supplies are brought in by road from adjacent nations such as Senegal and Ivory Coast.
Long queues have been winding around petrol stations in the main city in recent weeks, and the city's usually crowded streets have now apparently grown silent.
The military government had earlier this month promised citizens that it was only a passing concern, but the emergency has continued.
Recently, the American diplomatic mission in Bamako announced that non-essential diplomatic staff and their dependents would leave Mali amid the intensifying fuel shortage and growing security concerns.
It noted that the fuel disruptions had impacted the energy availability and had the “ability to disturb” the broader protection environment in unpredictable ways.
Mali is currently ruled by a armed forces administration led by General Goïta, who assumed authority in a takeover in two years ago.
The ruling council had public backing when it took power, vowing to deal with the protracted safety emergency prompted by a independence uprising in the northern territories by Tuareg communities, which was then co-opted by extremist groups.
The international UN troops and French forces had been deployed in previously to deal with the escalating insurgency.
These forces have left since the military assumed power, and the military government has hired Russian mercenaries to tackle the violence.
However, the militant uprising has continued and significant areas of the northern and eastern territories of the nation remain beyond state authority.
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