DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Militants affiliated with al-Qaida have burned and destroyed some 100 trucks transporting fuel to Mali’s capital in recent days, a local trade union said Tuesday, as the nation’s military tries to stop a blockade of fuel imports imposed last week by the militants.

The Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, or JNIM, militant group announced a ban on fuel imports from neighboring countries two weeks ago in what analysts say poses huge risks for the fragile local economy and is a significant setback for Mali’s military junta.

“Around 100 tanker trucks have been set on fire over the past two weekends,” an official with the National Council of Employers of Mali told The Associated Press, quoting a report they received from the Malian fuel association.

The fuel trucks wer

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