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Since September 2025, the JNIM, non-state armed group, has imposed an embargo on Bamako, thecapital of Mali. The aim is to prevent fuel imports from neighbouring countries, particularly Côted'Ivoire, Guinea, Senegal, from reaching Bamako and other cities such as Sikasso, Ségou, Mopti. JNIMattacks tanker trucks and ambushes military convoys escorting them to Bamako.