Al Qaeda-linked Group for the Assist of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) has been concentrating on gasoline convoys in Mali since September 2025. The assaults are inflicting gasoline shortages on the pump, with lengthy strains for petrol. The FRANCE 24 Observers crew spoke to Bakary Sambe, the regional director of the Timbuktu Institute, who stated JNIM’s technique is “to delegitimise the federal government by utilizing a type of financial jihad that hits on the coronary heart of the nation’s economic system”.
Al Qaeda-linked jihadist group targets gasoline convoys in Mali
