In Bamako's business district, hundreds of cars and motorcycles sit stranded day and night on a boulevard waiting for one of three side-by-side petrol stations to finally have fuel.
Jihadists have rendered everyday life in the west African country increasingly impossible in recent weeks via a fuel blockade that has brought Mali to its knees.
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