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The convoy was partly destroyed, "Goose" claims, however weather conditions meant there was no video monitoring of the moment they repelled the attack so he was not sure if the entire group was hit.

Several fuel convoys under military escort have made it to the capital and some other cities, easing pressure on the government and population.

Mr Harrison was in a team of four motorbike outriders escorting the Duchess and her convoy away from an event at the Foreign Office.

Several fuel convoys have made it through to the capital and other blockaded areas in recent days, easing pressure on the population and government.

A sluggish economy, daily attacks on fuel convoys and a loss of territorial control: Mali's ruling junta is facing an existential crisis as a fuel blockade gradually strangles the capital Bamako and other regions.