The Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), on Tuesday attacked a road construction site along the Bamako-Kayes corridor, setting fire to heavy equipment and temporarily halting work on the strategic project.
A short clip which captured the aftermath of the incident showed several units of construction machinery on fire at a section of the road undergoing soil compression. The machinery was intended for the development of the key highway linking Mali’s capital, Bamako, with Kayes, a western region bordering Senegal and close to the Mauritanian border.
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Source:West Africa Weekly News
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