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Mali bans 125cc motorcycles to counter militancy
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- Add ARY News on Google AAResize Bamako: Mali has banned the use of certain motorcycles outside of major cities as the country battles a jihadist insurgency, according to a government order broadcast on Wednesday.
- Motorcycles are the preferred means of transport for jihadist groups in Mali, which has been plunged into a security crisis as jihadists blockade its capital Bamako.
- The order made exceptions for Bamako, regional capitals and some urban locales.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize Bamako: Mali has banned the use of certain motorcycles outside of major cities as the country battles a jihadist insurgency, according to a government order broadcast on Wednesday.
Motorcycles are the preferred means of transport for jihadist groups in Mali, which has been plunged into a security crisis as jihadists blockade its capital Bamako.
An order read out on national television on Wednesday evening said the “circulation of motorcycles with an engine capacity of 125 cc and above, outside major urban centres, is suspended throughout the entire national territory”.
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