Bamako’s long-suffering fuel stations have begun to see the slow return of tanker trucks, a development that signifies not a military victory for the Malian state, but a profound and perilous concession. Under a hush-hush agreement finalized this weekend, the Malian government released more than 100 suspected jihadists, effectively trading the state’s monopoly on justice for the resumption of vital energy supplies. The move marks a grim milestone in the nation’s prolonged security crisis, as the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Group for the…
