Spanish producers escape Mali after jihadist attacks

Spanish producers were trapped and forced to evacuate; broader civilian impact from Al Qaeda blockade and attacks on Bamako not specified.

In the ancient crossroads of West Africa, a group of Spanish film producers has escaped Mali as Al Qaeda and separatist forces tighten a siege around Bamako, the nation's capital. Their departure — among the first documented exits of foreign nationals since the violence escalated — reflects a deeper unraveling: a military government, itself born of a coup, now facing coordinated armed opposition capable of blockading a major city. The event is less a story about filmmakers than about the fragile architecture of order in a region where the state's claim over its own territory is being openly co

Spanish producers escape Mali after jihadist attacks

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