Bamako, March 22, 2026 (AFP) - Mali frees jihadists under deal to stop attacks on fuel trucks

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2026-03-22

More than 100 suspected jihadists have been freed in recent days in Mali as part of an agreement to stop attacks on fuel convoys that have asphyxiated the impoverished West African country, official and security sources told AFP on Sunday. Since last September, jihadists from the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims, an Al-Qaeda affiliate known by its Arab acronym JNIM, have been attacking tanker convoys, bringing the capital Bamako to a co......

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