Road to Bamako
Hi, my friends just traveled the road to Bamako this week. They entered Mali from Mauri through Selibabi (they wanted to avoid the greedy customs officers in Nioro) just a day after the hostage taking. They had army escort from the border to Kayes, which they payed 60 000 f cfa (if i'm not wrong) and then an imposed police escort from Kayes to Bko. They argued a lot with a police so they didn't pay anything - they say it was a long and painful experience. When they were on the road, they saw 2 European passing in their cars without escort. They saw the camper of kidnapped French guy in Diema - they say everything happened in the center of the town, around 10 in the evening.
We passed the road (NKCH - Bobo in BF) one month ago and it was normal, just the customs man in Nioro are starting to complicate with a laisser - passer, but in the end it's just about money: after long negotiations we had to pay 15 000 f CFA for just a personal car.
Bye for now
tito
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