BAMAKO: The African Union has called for an urgent international response, including intelligence-sharing, to address worsening security conditions in Mali, where insurgents are imposing a fuel blockade and kidnapping foreigners. An Al Qaeda-linked militant group active in West Africa’s Sahel region has blocked fuel imports since September, attacking convoys of tankers and creating a shortage that forced schools and businesses to shut.

The blockade, imposed by jihadists, has upended daily life in the landlocked nation.

Al-Qaeda-linked JNIM blocks fuel deliveries, causing school closures, power cuts as military rulers struggle to respond.

BAMAKO: The African Union has called for an urgent international response, including intelligence-sharing, to address worsening security conditions in Mali, where insurgents are…