Mali: US embassy urges citizens to flee over blockade

The US embassy in Mali has urged its citizens to leave the country amid a fuel blockade in the capital, Bamako, by jihadist militants and escalating violence, as reported by France 24 with AFP on October 28th.

The embassy’s website released a statement advising American nationals to “depart [from Mali] immediately using commercial aviation” due to concerns over the “unpredictability of Bamako’s security situation.”

The statement warned that the country was facing “continued disruptions of gasoline and diesel supplies, the closure of public institutions such as schools and universities nationwide, and ongoing armed conflict between the Malian government and terrorist elements around Bamako.”

France 24 with AFP, Maghrebi.org