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The West African nation Closes Educational Institutions and Universities as Islamist Militant Blockade Exacerbates Fuel Shortage
Mali has temporarily halted educational facilities and colleges throughout the country due to a severe petrol shortage caused by a restriction on energy resources enforced by jihadist fighters.
The Education Minister announced on public media that all learning centers would stay shut until November 9th, explaining that the travel of staff and learners had been affected by the blockade.
He emphasized that the administration were “doing everything possible” to alleviate the crisis so that educational activities could resume on 10 November.
For weeks, Mali has been experiencing a energy deficit, particularly in the capital Bamako, after armed groups from an jihadist network initiated a blockade by striking transport vehicles on major highways.
The country is surrounded by land, so all fuel supplies are brought in by truck from neighboring states such as its western neighbor and Ivory Coast.
Lengthy waits have been forming around fuel outlets in the main city in the last several days, and the city's normally bustling streets have now apparently fallen quiet.
The military government had in recent days reassured citizens that it was only a short-term problem, but the emergency has endured.
Last week, the American diplomatic mission in Bamako announced that non-critical embassy personnel and their families would evacuate the country amid the intensifying energy crisis and growing security concerns.
It noted that the fuel disruptions had impacted the power distribution and had the “potential to disrupt” the overall security situation in unforeseen manners.
Mali is currently ruled by a army council led by Gen Assimi Goïta, who took control in a military overthrow in two years ago.
The military government had popular support when it assumed control, promising to tackle the protracted safety emergency triggered by a autonomy movement in the northern region by the Tuareg population, which was then hijacked by jihadist fighters.
The United Nations stabilization force and French forces had been sent in previously to address the growing rebellion.
These forces have withdrawn since the military assumed power, and the current administration has contracted private military contractors to combat the violence.
Nevertheless, the Islamist rebellion has persisted and large parts of the northern and eastern zones of the country remain outside government control.
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