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Experts say that the Myanmar junta turns a blind eye to the scam networks.

Its goal: oust the junta, which has struggled to contain Mali's decade-long insurgency since taking power following back-to-back coups in 2020 and 2021, by scaring away investors and paralysing the west African country's economy.

Officials insist the situation is under control, but critics accuse the junta of being reactive, rather than proactive.

The jihadists' objective is indeed "the fall of the junta" and the "establishment of a caliphate", Nicolas Lerner, France's foreign intelligence chief said Monday in an interview on France Inter radio.

Since September, jihadists from JNIM, the Al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims, have imposed a fuel blockade on Mali, creating a crisis for its ruling military junta.