Niger sends fuel convoy to Mali to ease supply woes

As Mali’s fuel crisis worsens, a convoy of 82 petrol tankers arrived in the capital over the weekend from neighbouring Niger.

Amid ongoing regional insecurity, it took 21 days to make the 1,400-kilometre journey from Niamey to Bamako.

A more than two-month-old fuel blockade by al Qaeda-linked militants has all but paralysed the city and increased pressure on the military junta.

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