How Jihadists Take Use Fuel Blockade Paralyse One Country

For Mali capital, Bamako, life don turn upside down as fuel blockade don hold di whole country hostage for more than two months. People don dey waka push dia motorbike for dusty road because fuel don finish everywhere. Di wahala start as one jihadist group wey dem call Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), wey dey linked to al-Qaeda, begin attack fuel tankers wey dey carry petrol enter Mali. Dem kidnap drivers, burn over 100 trucks and block di fuel supply wey dey keep di country moving. Now schools don close, food don cost, hospital no get light, and transport fare don triple. For many filling stations, na “no fuel today” sign people dey see. Taxi drivers and bus men don dey sleep for station just to get small fuel, while plenty people don begin trek go work.

Di whole crisis don show say di military government no fit handle di wahala as e be. Malians dey vex say fuel shortage don scatter dia daily life, from market women like Assitan Diarra wey say food price don triple, to doctors and teachers wey no fit go work. JNIM don use di blockade as new weapon, cutting off fuel from Senegal and Ivory Coast side to choke Mali economy. Government don try send army trucks to escort fuel convoys, but jihadists still dey attack dem. Now, di junta don sign emergency fuel deal with Russia to bring in fuel and help secure road routes. Even as officials dey talk say everything dey under control, Malians still dey suffer and dey question if di government really get di power to end di fuel wahala wey don paralyse di nation.