The West African nation of Mali, one of the countries comprising the Sahel region to the south of the Sahara Desert, has been fighting extremists for years. But a coalition of al-Qaeda and ISIS fighters, known as JNIM, have begun blowing up oil-tankers en route by road from Senegal, the Ivory Coast and other countries. This could spell disaster for landlocked Mali, which depends on such imports. Similar fighting, political instability and a rejection of Western military assistance across the Sahel has people worried for the region. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports.
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