Bamako is living on the precipice. Nervous hotel owners complain about a lack of electricity, but this time it’s worse than usual. In the landlocked capital of the Sahelian country of Mali, business owners have grown accustomed to frustratingly common rolling blackouts across the region. But the blackouts are more nefarious these days, as a jihadist blockade of Mali’s highways has squeezed Bamako’s access to fuel that powers its generators and fuels its cars. The city of Bamako is hanging on, yet Mali’s statehood may have already slipped into the night.
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