Mali's schools reopen amid fuel crisis, security strain

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00:00In Mali's bustling capital, life has slowed to a crowd.

00:10Fuel stations are dry, transports paralysed.

00:14For two months now, convoys bringing fuel into the city have been ambushed by Jinim

00:19insurgents, effectively shocking supplies to a city of 4 million people.

00:26The reopening of schools is a sign of cautious relief.

00:30But for teachers, parents, and students, daily life remains hard.

00:35Many cannot afford transport to school, and power shortages continue to disrupt lessons.

00:42It's very difficult because we can't get any diesel, and that prevents us from working

00:49normally.

00:50When that happens, we can't make our usual earnings.

00:54The vehicle owners think we're working, but refusing to give them their share.

00:58The blockade has cut off the Sahel country from its main borders with Senegal and Cote d'Ivoire,

01:05which are Mali's main fuel exporters.

01:07I am the manager of the SCM gas station.

01:11We haven't received any fuel since the beginning of the crisis because our suppliers no longer

01:16deliver to us.

01:17These two are feeling the strain.

01:20The cost of basic goods like rice and oil has skyrocketed.

01:27The crisis has affected us a lot because of the fuel shortage that everyone knows about.

01:32We can no longer get supplies as we used to.

01:34Prices in the market have gone up.

01:36Rice, oil, meat, and as long as things are expensive at the market, we are forced to sell them at

01:43higher prices too.

01:44Analysts say the blockade is an attempt by JINIM to show its strength, but the government

01:50has shown its resilience.

01:53We already know that JINIM wants at all costs to weaken the government.

01:59To achieve that, they'll use any means necessary.

02:04Meanwhile, the insurgency's brutality continues to claim new victims.

02:11In the northern region of Timbuktu, Mariam Sise, a young TikToker influencer known for supporting

02:17the government was abducted and executed by suspected militants, a chilling warning to others who

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