Mali fuel blockade

Mali fuel blockade
Part of Mali War
DateSeptember 3, 2025 – present
Location
Kayes Region, Koulikoro Region, Segou Region, Mopti Region, Sikasso Region, and elsewhere in Mali
Status
  • At least 300 tankers destroyed
Belligerents
Malian Armed Forces
Wagner Group		 Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin
Casualties and losses
Unknown 2+ soldiers killed
Unknown

An ongoing fuel blockade is being administered by Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) against cities in southern Mali. The blockade began on September 3, 2025, when JNIM spokesman Abou Houzeifa al-Bambari announced it in a video. Since the start of the blockade, over 300 fuel tankers have been destroyed en route from Senegal, Ivory Coast, and Guinea. Some fuel was able to enter the towns of Bamako, Ségou, Kayes, San, and Mopti in November and December 2025.

Analysts have referred to the blockade as a siege on Mali, and purported that the blockade was an attempt to put pressure on the Malian junta and eventually take over Bamako and other cities.

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