BAMAKO (Reuters) – Malians rushed Tuesday to make collection of gasoline and cash while the countries neighbors continued forward with sanctions trade and diplomatic aims to force the military junta to relinquish power.

Mali, which long has been one of the more stable West African democracies, descended into chaos since a coup d’etat on March 22 that allowed the rebel tuareg to take over half of the country in its campaign to create a State in the North of the country.

Have joined the Islamists, determined to impose sharia, Islamic law, statewide Muslim moderate, last headache on security issues in a region struggling against members of Al-Qaeda and radical indigenous groups such as the Nigerian Boko Haram.

At the request of the former colony, France, the crisis will be addressed by the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday.

Ivory Coast, where the country, landlocked sea, get resources as its fuel, was among the first that they closed their borders on Tuesday, within sanctions involving the freezing of the funds of Mali in the central bank of the West African monetary zone.

“Our heads told us that we no longer enter or leave without orders from above (…)” “Have begun to patrol to stop the movement of goods,” said border guard Ben Casabàn by telephone from the town of Pogo.

Others acted more slowly in implementing the sanctions. The Burkina Faso authorities said that they were preparing the necessary steps to close the borders with Mali, while Mauritania and Senegal border guards said they were waiting for orders.

In the center of Bamako, the inhabitants garages lined up with drums for fear of supply shortages, which could start to drown the third largest economy in Africa in a few days.

Cisse Yacouba, a student of 25 years was queue at a Bank, feared that the funds of commercial banks fell soon.

“I am here to withdraw my money from the scholarship,” said. “Because of the sanctions, everyone rushes to collect money because it is certain that there won’t be enough”.

The Board, led by Captain Amadou Sanogo, who received training in the United States, issued a statement late on Monday recognizing the sanctions and repeating his promise to hand over power to civilians in a unspecified date.