RE: Https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/mali-negotiates-jnim-blockade-drc-m23-numbers-swell-al-shabaab-mogadishu-somali-election-disputes-boko-haram-cameroon-nigeria-border-africa-file-october-9-20255 Nov 2025 15:31
The lack of fuel threatens to undermine the Malian mining sector in the medium term. Many mines in the mineral-rich western part of the country rely on fuel generators to operate. Malian forces have forced several fuel convoys planning to resupply mines to delay their trip by up to a week until security forces can escort the convoy.[viii] The delays have caused temporary shutdowns, but many mines have enough reserves to weather temporary disruptions.[ix] French investigative magazine Jeune Afrique quoted an anonymous source who said that local populations or the state could attempt to requisition the fuel reserves of mining companies in an emergency, however.[x] The mining industry accounted for 82 percent of Malian exports, 21 percent of the state tax revenue, and more than 6 percent of the country’s gross domestic product in 2023.[xi]
The negotiations fit a growing pattern of junta-backed negotiations with JNIM, which give the group de facto control of affected areas, across the country in 2025. Several local communities have engaged JNIM in government-supported negotiations to end JNIM sieges in 2025.[xii] JNIM has secured de facto control over several of these areas with agreements in which the group agrees to end its siege; the communities agree to pay taxes, adhere to JNIM-interpreted shari’a law, and cease cooperation with state security forces; and the military agrees to confine or reduce its presence in the area.[xiii]
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