Tengréla (Ivory Coast) (AFP) – Dozens of Malian truck drivers risk their lives every day to supply the capital, Bamako, with fuel as a blockade by Al-Qaeda-linked group JNIM creates chronic shortages. “You never know if you’ll come back alive,” says tanker driver Baba. The strategy of “economic jihad” aims to choke off Bamako and the ruling military junta, which seized power in back-to-back coups in 2020 and 2021.
