Conflict coverage · Central Sahel

JNIM declares a national fuel blockade

Sep 2025 – ongoingKey eventEssentialKayes / Sikasso corridors

EconomicMilitaryHumanitarianCorridors and access pressure

JNIM announces a blockade of fuel imports and begins systematically burning tanker convoys from Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea — hundreds reported destroyed within months, with Bamako's power and fuel supply visibly degraded.

Why it mattersThe blockade turned corridor geography into a weapon aimed at the capital: an insurgency strangling a state's economy without taking a single city. It reframed the war as a contest over lifelines, not territory.

Confidence: HighSources: ACLED conflict data & analysis ↗ · Al Jazeera English ↗ · Africa Center for Strategic Studies ↗Methodology Corrections

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Fuel blockadeDeclared national blockade

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Fuel blockade → transport costs → food, power and fiscal exposureEconomic exposure

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