00:00As the Tabanski festival approaches, vendors in Mali's capital Bamako are now feeling the strain of a weeks-long jihadist
00:09blockade, which is choking off the road imports the city is heavily dependent on.
00:15As prices show, both vendors and their customers say the situation is becoming increasingly difficult to manage.
00:25This year, we livestock sellers are having problems. First, due to a lack of space, we are crammed together in
00:32the sun.
00:33Second, livestock is very expensive and on top of that, there are difficulties with the roads for transporting it.
00:40In Mali, Tabanski goes far beyond religion. It is a major social tradition, one of the few times when families,
00:47often scattered by work for months, come together.
00:50Because of the blockade, herders and traders are struggling to bring animals to Bamako, the country's main consumer market.
00:58For the past two days, I've been looking for a ram that fits my budget, but without any success, they
01:04are asking extortionate prices for rams, and there's no way we can fork out that kind of money.
01:10I have a budget of 150,000, but for every option, they are asking for 240,000. It's very expensive.
01:20The security crisis is deepening into daily lives in Mali. Its basic services break down in the city.
01:28Bamako is now struggling with prolonged power outages and major shortages of drinking water.
01:32In recent days, authorities have announced the arrival of hundreds of fuel tankers in the capital, offering some hope of
01:39relief.
01:39But for many, the road home for aid has already shut.
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