Al Qaeda affiliated JNIM militants on the verge of capturing Mali’s capital. US citizens warned to leave immediately,

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How al-Qaida-linked jihadist group JNIM is bringing Mali to its knees​

Political instability and fuel shortages caused by rebel group is driving Mali to brink of becoming Islamist republic


Armed groups of JNIM fighters have blocked key routes used by fuel tankers, disrupting supply lines to the capital Bamako and other regions across Mali.

The al-Qaida-linked jihadist group Jama’at Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) is gradually converging on Mali’s capital, Bamako, with increasing attacks in recent weeks, including on army-backed convoys.

Should the city fall, the west African country would be on its way to becoming an Islamist republic with strict interpretations of sharia law.

That would fulfil a jihadist mandate following in the steps of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan or Syria, where the former rebel Ahmed al-Sharaa, previously known by his nom de guerre, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, is now head of state. In areas under its control, JNIM is already enforcing dress codes and punishments via courts that, as Human Rights Watch noted in a 2024 report, did not adhere to fair trial standards.

On Tuesday the US state department issued its second advisory in a week to its citizens in Mali, urging all US citizens to “depart immediately using commercial aviation”, citing infrastructural problems and the “unpredictability of Bamako’s [the capital] security situation”. On Wednesday, Australia, Germany and Italy also urged their citizens to leave as soon as possible.

Observers within and outside Mali say things could escalate faster and that the US’s warnings are the latest indication that the country is on the brink of a third successful coup in five years and the sixth since independence from France in September 1960.

“I don’t want to sound too dramatic, but the country is collapsing before our eyes,” a former Malian minister who now lives in exile told the Guardian anonymously. “I would not be shocked if another overthrow happens within the next few days.

“Before 31 December, a coup will happen in the Sahel,” the former official continued. “Mali will go first and then you’ll have the same domino effect that we’ve seen between 2020 and 2023, with all of these countries falling one after the other.”

How al-Qaida-linked jihadist group JNIM is bringing Mali to its knees

Political instability and fuel shortages caused by rebel group is driving Mali to brink of becoming Islamist republic

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@Seoul Gleou you did it family. You can go back home now

 

[5thbornpowerseed]

Uh huh.
The religion of peace

 

[NZA]

once you stop letting the west punk you, they let their hooligans go at you. very demonic

 

[Da King]

Uh huh.
The religion of peace

So peaceful

 

[Gloxina]

Terrible

 

[CopiousX]

once you stop letting the west punk you, they let their hooligans go at you. very demonic

To be fair they had these problems before the military dictatorship started. They were doing pretty bad then also, so this is just the continuation of it.

Part of the reason the dictatorship started is because the previous governments couldn't do anything about it either with western assistance . And it was rumored they didn't do anything about it because of corruption. this just proves that it's a more complicated issue than who's in power.

But I think sahel had the right idea by working together, I just think their group isn't big enough. If that whole Western african block put all of their resources into fixing one nation's jihadi problem at a time, and then sequentially rotating between the Nations then they would have more than enough people and resources to solve their individual problems. The issue lies in them doing it by themselves or doing it in small groups as the Sahel countries are.

 

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