Extremist blockades push Mali into further instability

Mali (MNN) — Security conditions in Mali are rapidly deteriorating, prompting the African Union to call for urgent international action.Extremist groups have choked off major highways leading into the capital, Bamako, creating a fuel and economic blockade. They have also begun kidnapping foreigners, escalating tensions across the region.Greg Kelley of Unknown Nationsexplained that the situation “causes absolute pandemonium and chaos.”Malian man (photo courtesy of Alfred Dena via Pexels)Jama’at N