{"id":217,"date":"2025-10-27T11:50:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T11:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=217"},"modified":"2025-10-27T11:50:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T11:50:57","slug":"mali-shuts-schools-as-fuel-blockade-imposed-by-fighters-paralyses-country-education-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=217","title":{"rendered":"Mali shuts schools as fuel blockade imposed by fighters paralyses country | Education News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Military government orders two-week closure for schools and universities as blockade on fuel imports declared by JNIM causes further disruptions.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 27 Oct 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">27 Oct 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Mali\u2019s military government has announced schools and universities nationwide will be closed for two weeks, as the landlocked country continues to suffer from the effects of a crippling blockade on fuel imports imposed by an armed group in September.<\/p>\n<p>Education Minister Amadou Sy Savane said on Sunday the suspension until November 9 was \u201cdue to disruptions in fuel supplies that are affecting the movement of school staff\u201d.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>He added authorities were \u201cdoing everything possible\u201d to restore normal fuel supplies before schools resume classes on November 10.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate statement, the Interministerial Committee for Crisis and Disaster Management said restrictions will be placed on fuel supplies until \u201cfurther notice\u201d, with priority given at dedicated stations to \u201cemergency, assistance, and public transport vehicles\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It comes nearly two months after the Jama\u2019at Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) armed group, one of the several operating in the Sahel, declared a blockade on fuel imported from neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the al-Qaeda affiliate has been targeting fuel tankers coming mainly from Senegal and the Ivory Coast, through which most imported goods transit.<\/p>\n<p>JNIM initially said the blockade was a retaliatory measure against the Malian authorities\u2019 ban on selling fuel outside stations in rural areas, where fuel is transported in jerry cans to be sold later. Malian authorities said the measure was intended to cut off JNIM\u2019s supply lines.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"endless-queues\">Endless queues<\/h2>\n<p>The blockade has squeezed Mali\u2019s fragile economy, affecting the price of commodities and transport in a country that relies on fuel imports for domestic needs.<\/p>\n<p>Its effects have also spread to the capital, Bamako, where endless queues have stretched in front of gas stations.<\/p>\n<p>Mali, along with neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger, has for more than a decade battled armed groups, including some linked to al-Qaeda and ISIL (ISIS), as well as local rebels.<\/p>\n<p>Following military coups in all three countries in recent years, the new ruling authorities have expelled French forces and turned to Russia\u2019s mercenary units for security assistance, which is seen as having made little difference.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts say the blockade is a significant setback for Mali\u2019s military government, which defended its forceful takeover of power in 2020 as a necessary step to end long-running security crises.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Military government orders two-week closure for schools and universities as blockade on fuel imports declared by JNIM causes further disruptions. 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