Pari Mutuel Urbain Mali PMU-Mali, the country’s state-backed betting operator, launched its 31st anniversary celebrations, announcing a special CFA100m (€152,000) prize pool for loyal customers

A blockade on fuel imports to the city of Bamako, declared in early September by a militant group affiliated with al-Qaida, is beginning to affect everyday life and starts to impact on the economy

After a fuel shortage paralyzed Bamako last week, authorities reassured the population and made a full assessment of available reserves in Bamako's major depots (OMAP, Sanké, Staroil), stocks at service stations and tanker trucks along supply corridors

Fuel tankers in Sikasso were set on fire by armed group Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin JNIM, affiliated to al-Qaida, videos showed, in what is an escalation of the militants' grip on the country’s by blocking fuel imports from neighboring countries