BAMAKO (Reuters) -Mali has suspended school and university classes throughout the country for two weeks from Monday due to a fuel shortage, the government said late on Sunday, after al Qaeda-linked insurgents imposed a blockade.

Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) militants announced a blockade on fuel imports to the landlocked West African country in early September and have since attacked convoys of fuel tankers attempting to enter the country or reach the capital.

Analysts have described the fuel blockade as part of a pressure campaign on Mali’s military-led government by militant groups who want to cut off the country’s economic oxygen.

Some fuel stations in the capital Bamako have closed. Unable to fill their tanks, residents have resorted to walking, attempting to find mot

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